TY - BOOK AU - Fan,Yun AU - Xiong,Q.Y. AU - Zheng,Y.L. TI - A course in algebra SN - 9789812815095 AV - QA162 .F36 2000eb U1 - 512/.02 22 PY - 2000/// CY - Singapore, River Edge, N.J. PB - World Scientific KW - Algebra, Abstract KW - Algèbre abstraite KW - MATHEMATICS KW - Algebra KW - Abstract KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - gnd KW - Einführung KW - gtt KW - Álgebra KW - larpcal KW - Álgebra abstrata N1 - Includes index; 1; Preliminaries; 1 --; 1.1; Sets; 1 --; 1.2; Logic; 4 --; 1.3; Relations; 7 --; 1.5; Zorn's Lemma; 18 --; 2; Groups; 19 --; 2.1; Transformations and Permutations; 19 --; 2.2; Groups; 27 --; 2.3; Subgroups; 35 --; 2.4; Homomorphisms, Isomorphisms; 39 --; 2.5; Cosets; 45 --; 2.6; Normal Subgroups, Quotient Groups; 49 --; 2.7; Homomorphism Theorems; 52 --; 2.8; Cyclic Groups, Orders of Elements; 56 --; 2.9; Direct Products; 62 --; 3; Rings; 71 --; 3.1; Fundamentals; 71 --; 3.2; Zero Divisors, Invertible Elements; 77 --; 3.3; Ideals, Residue Rings; 81 --; 3.4; Homomorphism Theorems; 86 --; 3.5; Prime Ideals, Maximal Ideals; 89 --; 3.6; Direct Sums; 93 --; 3.7; Fraction Fields of Integral Domains; 97 --; 3.8; Polynomial Rings; 101 --; 3.9; Factorial Domains; 110 --; 3.10; Polynomial Rings over Factorial Rings; 117 --; 4; Modules; 123 --; 4.1; Modules; 123 --; 4.2; Homomorphisms; 127 --; 4.3; Direct Products, Direct Sums; 133 --; 4.4; Exact Sequences of Homomorphisms; 137 --; 4.5; Free Modules, Matrices over Rings; 142 --; 4.6; Matrices over Division Rings; 150 --; 4.7; Matrices over Commutative Rings; 159 --; 4.8; Algebras over Commutative Rings; 164 --; 4.9; Tensor Products; 171 --; 4.10; Projective Modules, Injective Modules; 176 --; 5; Fields; 183 --; 5.1; Subfields and Extensions; 183 --; 5.2; Single Extensions; 187 --; 5.3; Algebraic Extensions; 192 --; 5.4; Splitting Fields, Normal Extensions; 196 --; 5.5; Two Applications; 202 --; 5.6; Separability, Multiple Roots; 207 --; 5.7; Finite Fields; 215 --; 5.8; Coding; 220 --; 5.9; p-adic Numbers; 229 --; 5.10; Quaternions; 238 N2 - This volume is based on the lectures given by the authors at Wuhan University and Hubei University in courses on abstract algebra. It presents the fundamental concepts and basic properties of groups, rings, modules and fields, including the interplay between them and other mathematical branches and applied aspects UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=532645 ER -