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A Concrete Introduction to Higher Algebra

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  • © 1979

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Authors:
  1. Lindsay Childs

    1. Department of Mathematics, SUNY at Albany, Albany, USA

Part of the book series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics (UTM)

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This book is written as an introduction to higher algebra for students with a background of a year of calculus. The book developed out of a set of notes for a sophomore-junior level course at the State University of New York at Albany entitled Classical Algebra. In the 1950s and before, it was customary for the first course in algebra to be a course in the theory of equations, consisting of a study of polynomials over the complex, real, and rational numbers, and, to a lesser extent, linear algebra from the point of view of systems of equations. Abstract algebra, that is, the study of groups, rings, and fields, usually followed such a course. In recent years the theory of equations course has disappeared. Without it, students entering abstract algebra courses tend to lack the experience in the algebraic theory of the basic classical examples of the integers and polynomials necessary for understanding, and more importantly, for ap­ preciating the formalism. To meet this problem, several texts have recently appeared introducing algebra through number theory.

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Table of contents (49 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Integers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Numbers

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      Pages 3-6

    3. Induction; the Binomial Theorem

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      Pages 7-18

    4. Unique Factorization into Products of Primes

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      Pages 19-30

    5. Primes

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      Pages 31-36

    6. Bases

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      Pages 37-46

    7. Congruences

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      Pages 47-55

    8. Congruence Classes

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      Pages 56-61

    9. Rings and Fields

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      Pages 62-67

    10. Matrices and Vectors

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      Pages 68-83

    11. Secret Codes, I

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      Pages 84-89

    12. Fermat’s Theorem, I: Abelian Groups

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      Pages 90-100

    13. Repeating Decimals, I

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      Pages 101-104

    14. Error-correcting Codes, I

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      Pages 105-111

    15. The Chinese Remainder Theorem

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      Pages 112-117

    16. Secret Codes, II

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      Pages 118-121

  3. Polynomials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Polynomials

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      Pages 125-128

    3. Unique Factorization

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      Pages 129-135
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, SUNY at Albany, Albany, USA

    Lindsay Childs

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Concrete Introduction to Higher Algebra

  • Authors: Lindsay Childs

  • Series Title: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0065-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-0065-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6056

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-5604

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 340

  • Topics: Algebra

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