Basic Algebra II: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Nathan Jacobson

ISBN 10: 048647187X / ISBN 13: 9780486471877

Published by Dover Publications, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Basic Algebra II: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 048647187X
• ISBN 13: 9780486471877
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: like_new

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Synopsis

A classic text and standard reference for a generation, this volume and its companion are the work of an expert algebraist who taught at Yale for more than three decades. Nathan Jacobson's books possess a conceptual and theoretical orientation; in addition to their value as classroom texts, they serve as valuable references.
Volume II comprises all of the subjects usually covered in a first-year graduate course in algebra. Topics include categories, universal algebra, modules, basic structure theory of rings, classical representation theory of finite groups, elements of homological algebra with applications, commutative ideal theory, and formally real fields. In addition to the immediate introduction and constant use of categories and functors, it revisits many topics from Volume I with greater depth and sophistication. Exercises appear throughout the text, along with insightful, carefully explained proofs.

About the Author

One of the world's leading researchers in abstract algebra, Nathan Jacobson (1910-95) taught at several prominent universities, including the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and Yale.