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Introduction to algebra

Provides an introduction to abstract algebra based on the author's teaching experience. This book is meant for use as a first and second course in abstract algebra for a group theory and a ring theory course, or to supplement courses such as Galois theory or coding theory. It includes a chapter outlining the construction of the number systems.
Print Book, English, 1998
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998
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x, 295 p. ; 24 cm.
9780198501947, 9780198501954, 0198501943, 0198501951
636685165
1. Introduction; 2. Rings; 3. Groups; 4. Vector spaces; 5. Modules; 6. The number systems; 7. Further topics; 8. Applications; Further reading; Index