An invitation to abstract algebra. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven J. Rosenberg.
• Authors: Rosenberg, Steven J
• Contents: Preface; Symbols; 1.Review of Sets, Functions, and Proofs; 2.Introduction: A Number Game; 3.Groups; 4.Subgroups; 5.Symmetry; 6.Free Groups; 7.Group Homomorphisms; 8.Lagrange’s Theorem; 9.Special Types of Homomorphisms; 10.Making Groups; 11.Rings; 12.Results on Commutative Rings; 13.Vector Spaces; 14.Polynomial Rings; 15.Field Theory; 16.Galois Theory; 17.Direct Sums and Direct Products; 18.The Structure of Finite Abelian Groups; 19.Group Actions; 20.Learning from Z; 21.The Problems of the Ancients; 22.Solvability of Polynomial Equations by Radicals; 23.Projects; Bibliography; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 512.02; Algebra, Abstract
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000516333; 9781000516319; 9781003252139
• Related ISBNs: 9780367748616
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