Algebra: v. 3
P. M. Cohn(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 28. November 1990
Book
Hardback
486 pages
978-0-471-92840-9 (ISBN)
Description
The expanded second edition of this text on algebra features greater discussion of numerous topics. These include matters related to graded algebra, group theory, linear groups, symplectic and orthogonal groups, Morita equivalence and the Krull-Schmidt theorem.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 55 mm
Width: 36 mm
Weight
800 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-92840-9 (9780471928409)
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Content
Part 1 Universal algebra: algebras and homomorphisms; congruences and the isomorphism theorems; free algebrae and varieties; abstract dependence relations; the diamond lemma; ultraproducts; the natural numbers. Part 2 Multilinear algebra: graded algebras; free algebras and tensor algebras; the hilbert series of a graded algebra or module; the exterior algebra on a module. Part 3 Homological algebra: additive and abelian categories; functors on abelian categories; homological dimension. Part 4 Further group theory: group extensions; the Frattini subgroup and the pitting subgroup; free groups; linear groups. Part 5 Further field theory: algebraic dependence; derivations; infinite algebraic extensions; Galois cohomology. Part 6 Algebras: the Frull-Schmidt theorem; semiperfect rings; the Morita context; Fochschild cohomology and separable algebras. Part 7 Central simple algebras: the Brauer group; charge of base field; cyclic algebras. Part 8 Quadratic forms and ordered fields: the Clifford algebra of a quadratic space; the Witt ring of a field; the symplectic group; the orthogonal group. Part 9 Koetherian rings and polynomial identities: rings of fractions; skew polynomials and Laurent series; Goldie's theorem; PJ-algebras; generic metrix rings and central polynemials; generalized polynomial identities. Part 10 Rings without finitensee assumptions: the endemorphism ring of a vector space; primitive rings; semiprimitive rings and the Jacobeon radical; algebras without a unit element. Part 11 Skew fields: the Dieudonne determinant; pseudo-linear extensions.