Contemporary Abstract Algebra
by Joseph A. Gallian · Joseph A. Gallian
A standard first course text on groups, rings, and fields, heavy on worked examples, applications, and biographical notes. Provides enough exercises and computational practice to carry a student through a two-semester undergraduate algebra sequence.
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