Applied Abstract Algebra:
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Main Author: Lidl, Rudolf (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1998
Edition:Second Edition
Series:Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Algebra isbeautiful.Itis sobeautifulthatmanypeople forget that algebra canbe veryusefulas well.Itisstill the casethatstudentswho have studied mathematics quite often enter graduate studies or enter employment without much knowledge of the applicability of the algebraic structures they have studied. The aim of this book is to convey to senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and lecturers/Instructors the fact that concepts ofab­ stractalgebra encounteredpreviously in a first algebra course can be used in many areas of applications. Of course, in order to apply algebra, we first need some theory which then can be applied. Hence we tried to blend the theory and its applications so that the reader can experience both parts. This book assumes knowledge ofthe material covered in a course on linearalgebra and, preferably, a first course in (abstract) algebra covering the basics ofgroups, rings, and fields, although this book will provide the necessary definitions and briefsummaries of the main results that will be required from such a course in algebra. This second edition includes major changes to the first edition, pub­ lished in 1984: it contains corrections and, as we believe, substantial improvements to the first four chapters of the first edition. It includes a largely new chapter on Cryptology (Chapter 5) and an enlarged chapter on Applications of Groups (Chapter 6). An extensive Chapter 7has been added to survey other (mostly quite recent) applications, many ofwhich vii ·.. Preface Vll1 ~~~--------------------- were not included in the first edition. An interdependence chart ofthe material in the sections is presented below
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 488 p)
ISBN:9781475729412
9781441931177
ISSN:0172-6056
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4757-2941-2

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