Algebra

Algebra
, 2nd Edition

, by Michael Artin, is ideal for the honors undergraduate or introductory graduate course. This edition of this classic text incorporates twenty years of feedback and the author s own teaching experience. The text discusses concrete topics of algebra in greater detail than most texts, preparing students for the more abstract concepts; linear algebra is tightly integrated throughout.

• 1. Matrices
• 2. Groups
• 3. Vector Spaces
• 4. Linear Operators
• 5. Applications of Linear Operators
• 6. Symmetry
• 7. More Group Theory
• 8. Bilinear Forms
• 9. Linear Groups
• 10. Group Representations
• 11. Rings
• 12. Factoring
• 13. Quadratic Number Fields
• 14. Linear Algebra in a Ring
• 15. Fields