书籍介绍
presentvolumeisthefirstofthreethatwillbepublishedunderthegeneraltitleLecturesinAbstractAlgebra.Thesevol-umesarebasedonlectureswhichtheauthorhasgi,renduringthepasttenyearsattheUniversityofNorthCarolina,atTheJohnsHopkinsUniversity,andatYaleUniversity.ThegeneralplanoftheworkisasfollowsThepresentfirstvolumegivesanintroductiontoabstractalgebraandgivesanaccountofmostoftheimportantalgebraicconcepts.Inatreatmentofthistypeitisimpossibletogiveacomprehensiveaccountofthetopicswhichareintroduced.Neverthelesswehavetriedtogobeyondthefoundationsandelementarypropertiesofthealgebraicsys-tems.Thishasnecessitatedacertainamountofselectionandomission.Wefeelthatevenatthepresentstageadeeperunder-standingofafewtopicsistobepreferredtoasuperficialunder-standingofmany.