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<P>Since 1973, Galois theory has been educating undergraduate students on Galois groups and classical Galois theory. In <B>Galois Theory, Fifth Edition</B>, mathematician and popular science author Ian Stewart updates this well-established textbook for today¿s algebra students.</P><P><STRONG>New to the Fifth Edition</STRONG></P><UL><LI>Reorganised and revised Chapters 7 and 13</LI><LI>New exercises and examples</LI><LI>Expanded, updated references</LI><LI>Further historical material on figures besides Galois: Omar Khayyam, Vandermonde, Ruffini, and Abel</LI><LI>A new final chapter discussing other directions in which Galois theory has developed: the inverse Galois problem, differential Galois theory, and a (very) brief introduction to <I>p</I>-adic Galois representations</LI></UL><P>This bestseller continues to deliver a rigorous, yet engaging, treatment of the subject while keeping pace with current educational requirements. More than 200 exercises and a wealth of historical notes aug