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Homology (Classics in Mathematics)

By Saunders Mac Lane

Book information

Year
1994
ISBN
038703823X, 9783540586623, 9783540038238, 9780387038230, 354003823X, 3540586628
LCC
QA169 .M333 1995
Open Library ID
OL1121143M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10547344 bytes)
Pages
437\437
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This classic and much-cited book is a systematic introduction to homological algebra, starting with basic notions in abstract algebra and category theory and continuing with an up-to-date treatment of various advanced topics. Although the subject depends on the use of very general ideas, the book proceeds from the special to the general. The main ideas are introduced gradually with many examples illustrating why they are needed and what they can do. In conclusion the book treats additive functors in an abelian category relative to a proper class of exact sequences subsuming earlier results. The author has added many historical notes and also exercises which are designed both to give elementary practice in the concepts presented and to formulate additional results not included in the text.

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