Abstract Algebra: A Comprehensive Treatment (Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics) - Hardcover

Menini, Claudia; Van Oystaeyen, Freddy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824709853 ISBN 13: 9780824709853

Publisher: CRC Press, 2004

Synopsis

In one exceptional volume, Abstract Algebra covers subject matter typically taught over the course of two or three years and offers a self-contained presentation, detailed definitions, and excellent chapter-matched exercises to smooth the trajectory of learning algebra from zero to one. Field-tested through advance use in the ERASMUS educational project in Europe, this ambitious, comprehensive book includes an original treatment of representation of finite groups that avoids the use of semisimple ring theory and explains sets, maps, posets, lattices, and other essentials of the algebraic language; Peano's axioms and cardinality; groupoids, semigroups, monoids, groups; and normal subgroups.

About this title

About the Author:

Freddy van Oystaeyen is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Antwerp, UIA, Belgium.

Review:

"This a nice book is written in a very clear and explanatory style, offering a self-contained presentation and complete proofs, as well as well-chosen exercises, illustrative examples, and some interesting historical notes." -Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2005e

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0824709853
• ISBN 13: 9780824709853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 776