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Basic Abstract Algebra

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I picked this book up at my students' society used bookstore for $10, it turned out to be a pretty good bargain. However, there are some theorems where the authors say something is obvious & I didn't think so. It isn't very often though, the rest of the book is pretty good, and I was a bit surprised because I had only heard of the well-known authors like Gallian, Herstein, Lang, etc. It covers maybe 3 courses worth of material too, including groups, rings, fields, vector spaces & modules, Galois Theory (complete with every possible application!), and more advanced stuff like a separate chapter on modules (in addition to the section with vector spaces), tensor products and principal ideal domains. There are also complete solutions to the odd-numbered problems. This book is surprisingly good except in certain parts, I like it.

Bhattacharya is very concise and readable for a very difficult subject, if you are new to abstract algebra. His proofs are complete and expert and his outline is great. Also his problems are useful

This book will get you there if you believe in it. It has examples with solutions and problems with solutions. The only topic that does not have problems with solutions is categories. For this, I have the Hungerford text, and I am presently in the process of finding a better book for this. Otherwise it is the perfect book for self-study.

I agree this is a very clear and easily readable text but a graduate text it is not. One would need to know most of this material before starting graduate level. Lots of stuff is left out and I think a rather better book that is equally clear and readable etc. but much more comprehensive with more worked examples and historical motivation is Malik et.al. in McGraw-Hill "Fundamentals of A.A.".

I like this book very much. Pure math, all the proofs are complete and relatively easy to follow. Solutions for the odd numbered problems are provided. If you like math and want to learn the fundamentals of abstract algebra then this book is exactly what you need. It's written in theorem-proof/corollary style. I think every undergraduate student of mathematics, physics or information sciences should be able to use this book.

This is a good book for introducing mathematical methods of proof and provides many examples. The examples are easy to follow and the definitions and theorems are well-explained.

This is an excellent book containing more than enough examples.And the concepts are explained very very clear.The most improtant is that, although this book is easy to follow, but its content is not simple.

This is an excellent book containing more than enough examples.And the concepts are explained very very clear.The most improtant is that, although this book is easy to follow, but its content is not simple.