Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Section 1: General expression of an algebraic function: Part 11


Translated by me as:

From all the forgoing  we conclude:
If v is an algebraic function of order μ and degree m, we can always pose:

                                  v =   q0 +  p 1 / n + q2  . p 2 / n + ... q n-1. p ( n-1) / n ; 

where n is a prime number, q0, q2 ... q n-1 are algebraic functions of order μ and degree m - 1 and also, p is an algebraic function of order μ - 1 and  p 1 / n cannot be expressed as a rational function of  q0, q2 ... q n-1. [original text corrected]

Commentary:
 
This is just a restatement of what has been established up to this point. There is a misprint where q1 should be replaced by q2. Abel does not mention it but p is of unrestricted degree.

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