“On the theory of groups, as depending on the symbolic equation theta^n=1.” From Philosophical Magazine, Fourth Series, Vol. 7, pp. 40-47

by Arthur Cayley

$600 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: Taylor & Francis, 1854. 8vo. pp. 39-48. FIRST PRINTING. Bound into boards, label with author and title in gilt on front cover. An excellent copy. Item #19320 First edition of Cayley’s groundbreaking work on identification of groups. This work contained a number of invaluable insights and provided mathematicians with what is now the accepted procedure for defining a

• Printing: first

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