A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780201763904,0201763907
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0201763907
- ISBN-13 : 978-0201763904
- Author: John Fraleigh
Considered a classic by many, A First Course in Abstract Algebra is an in-depth introduction to abstract algebra. Focused on groups, rings and fields, this text gives students a firm foundation for more specialized work by emphasizing an understanding of the nature of algebraic structures.
Table of contents:
- I. Groups and Subgroups
- 1. Introduction and Examples
- 2. Binary Operations
- 3. Isomorphic Binary Structures
- 4. Groups
- 5. Subgroups
- 6. Cyclic Groups
- 7. Generators and Cayley Digraphs
- II. Permutations, Cosets, and Direct Products
- 8. Groups of Permutations
- 9. Orbits, Cycles, and the Alternating Groups
- 10. Cosets and the Theorem of Lagrange
- 11. Direct Products and Finitely Generated Abelian Groups
- 12. Plane Isometries
- III. Homomorphisms and Factor Groups
- 13. Homomorphisms
- 14. Factor Groups
- 15. Factor-Group Computations and Simple Groups
- 16. Group Action on a Set
- 17. Applications of G-Sets to Counting
- IV. Rings and Fields
- 18. Rings and Fields
- 19. Integral Domains
- 20. Fermat’s and Euler’s Theorems
- 21. The Field of Quotients of an Integral Domain
- 22. Rings of Polynomials
- 23. Factorization of Polynomials over a Field
- 24. Noncommutative Examples
- 25. Ordered Rings and Fields
- V. Ideals and Factor Rings
- 26. Homomorphisms and Factor Rings
- 27. Prime and Maximal Ideas
- 28. Grouml;bner Bases for Ideals
- VI. Extension Fields
- 29. Introduction to Extension Fields
- 30. Vector Spaces
- 31. Algebraic Extensions
- 32. Geometric Constructions
- 33. Finite Fields
- VII. Advanced Group Theory
- 34. Isomorphism Theorems
- 35. Series of Groups
- 36. Sylow Theorems
- 37. Applications of the Sylow Theory
- 38. Free Abelian Groups
- 39. Free Groups
- 40. Group Presentations
- VIII. Groups in Topology
- 41. Simplicial Complexes and Homology Groups
- 42. Computations of Homology Groups
- 43. More Homology Computations and Applications
- 44. Homological Algebra
- IX. Factorization
- 45. Unique Factorization Domains
- 46. Euclidean Domains
- 47. Gaussian Integers and Multiplicative Norms
- X. Automorphisms and Galois Theory
- 48. Automorphisms of Fields
- 49. The Isomorphism Extension Theorem
- 50. Splitting Fields
- 51. Separable Extensions
- 52. Totally Inseparable Extensions
- 53. Galois Theory
- 54. Illustrations of Galois Theory
- 55. Cyclotomic Extensions
- 56. Insolvability of the Quintic