A Concrete Introduction to Higher Algebra

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Childs, Lindsay N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.

This book is an informal and readable introduction to higher algebra at the post-calculus level. The concepts of ring and field are introduced through study of the familiar examples of the integers and polynomials. A strong emphasis on congruence classes leads in a natural way to finite groups and f...