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Algebra : A Teaching and Source Book / by Ernest Shult, David Surowski.

Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2015 English International Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shult, Ernest., Author.
Surowski, David., Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Associative rings.
Rings (Algebra).
Group theory.
Algebra.
Field theory (Physics).
Associative Rings and Algebras.
Group Theory and Generalizations.
Field Theory and Polynomials.
Local Subjects:
Associative Rings and Algebras.
Group Theory and Generalizations.
Field Theory and Polynomials.
Algebra.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (XXII, 539 p. 6 illus.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2015.
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book presents a graduate-level course on modern algebra. It can be used as a teaching book – owing to the copious exercises – and as a source book for those who wish to use the major theorems of algebra. The course begins with the basic combinatorial principles of algebra: posets, chain conditions, Galois connections, and dependence theories. Here, the general Jordan–Holder Theorem becomes a theorem on interval measures of certain lower semilattices. This is followed by basic courses on groups, rings and modules; the arithmetic of integral domains; fields; the categorical point of view; and tensor products. Beginning with introductory concepts and examples, each chapter proceeds gradually towards its more complex theorems. Proofs progress step-by-step from first principles. Many interesting results reside in the exercises, for example, the proof that ideals in a Dedekind domain are generated by at most two elements. The emphasis throughout is on real understanding as opposed to memorizing a catechism and so some chapters offer curiosity-driven appendices for the self-motivated student.
Contents:
Basics
Basic Combinatorial Principles of Algebra
Review of Elementary Group Properties
Permutation Groups and Group Actions
Normal Structure of Groups
Generation in Groups
Elementary Properties of Rings
Elementary properties of Modules
The Arithmetic of Integral Domains
Principal Ideal Domains and Their Modules
Theory of Fields
Semiprime Rings
Tensor Products.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
3-319-19734-7
OCLC:
1066188069

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