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  • A Conspiracy to Colonize 19Th Century United States Free Blacks in Africa by the American Colonization Society

    by Grant Walker ...
    Blacks fought with whites in the American War for Independence against England. In fact, without the aid of these black soldiers, one wonders if the Americans would have won the war. These blacks were never considered equal to whites but a great number died for a country that looked upon them as being inferior and unworthy of total freedom. After the American War for Independence, many whites in ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Polynomials and the mod 2 Steenrod Algebra: Volume 1, The Peterson Hit Problem

    by Grant Walker, Reginald M. W. Wood ...
    Series Book 441 - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series
    This is the first book to link the mod 2 Steenrod algebra, a classical object of study in algebraic topology, with modular representations of matrix groups over the field F of two elements. The link is provided through a detailed study of Peterson's 'hit problem' concerning the action of the Steenrod algebra on polynomials, which remains unsolved except in special cases. The topics range from ... Read more

    $95.99 USD

  • Polynomials and the mod 2 Steenrod Algebra: Volume 2, Representations of GL (n,F2)

    by Grant Walker, Reginald M. W. Wood ...
    Series Book 442 - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series
    This is the first book to link the mod 2 Steenrod algebra, a classical object of study in algebraic topology, with modular representations of matrix groups over the field F of two elements. The link is provided through a detailed study of Peterson's `hit problem' concerning the action of the Steenrod algebra on polynomials, which remains unsolved except in special cases. The topics range from ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

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  • Apostles of Disunion

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  • Plain, Honest Men

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  • A Brilliant Solution

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  • Slave Nation

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