ENGLISH

Algebra 1. Basic Notions of Algebra

By A. I. Kostrikin , I. R. Shafarevich

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1990
ISBN
9780387170060, 9783540251774, 9783540264743, 0387170065, 3540251774
LCC
QA154.2 .A313 1990,QA154.2 .A313 1990
Open Library ID
OL17192304M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1993074 bytes)
Series
Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences
Edition
EMS011, Springer
Pages
262\262
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This book is wholeheartedly recommended to every student or user of mathematics. Although the author modestly describes his book as 'merely an attempt to talk about' algebra, he succeeds in writing an extremely original and highly informative essay on algebra and its place in modern mathematics and science. From the fields, commutative rings and groups studied in every university math course, through Lie groups and algebras to cohomology and category theory, the author shows how the origins of each algebraic concept can be related to attempts to model phenomena in physics or in other branches of mathematics. Comparable in style with Hermann Weyl's evergreen essay The Classical Groups, Shafarevich's new book is sure to become required reading for mathematicians, from beginners to experts.

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