CONTENTS ContentsofBasic Algebra x Preface xi List of Figures xv Dependence amongChapters xvi Guide forthe Reader xvii Notation and Terminology xxi I. TRANSITIONTO MODERNNUMBERTHEORY 1 1. Historical Background 1 2. Quadratic Reciprocity 8 3. Equival
This book began about 20 years ago in the form of supplementary notes for my algebra classes. I wanted to discuss some concrete topics such as symmetry, linear groups, and quadratic number fields in more detail than the text provided, and to shift t
This book began about 20 years ago in the form of supplementary notes for my algebra classes. I wanted to discuss some concrete topics such as symmetry, linear groups, and quadratic number fields in more detail than the text provided, and to shift t
A large number of mathematical books begin as lecture notes; but, since mathematicians are busy, and since the labor required to bring lecture notes up to the level of perfection which authors and the public demand of formally published books is ver
These notes are based entirely on lectures given by Professor Artin during the spring semester-l955 at New York University. This part of the notes does not depend in any way on part I",but does assume a certain amount of familiarity witq the basic c
Algebra, Second Edition , by Michael Artin, provides comprehensive coverage at the level of an honors-undergraduate or introductory-graduate course. The second edition of this classic text incorporates twenty years of feedback plus the author’s own
This brief monograph on the gamma function was designed by the author to fill what he perceived as a gap in the literature of mathematics, which often treated the gamma function in a manner he described as both sketchy and overly complicated. Author
