Customer Review: This book is great for a decent first introduction to modern algebra, but it must be accompanied by a more dense book to truly allow the reader an opportunity to learn algebra. Dummit and Foote have written an excellent book, the Schuam's guide to group theory is nice , and for the more ambitious... more info
Customer Review: I like it. It works. Lots of examples of problems which is nice for such a difficult subject. DON'T BUY THE SOLUTIONS MANUAL. If you can get the book cheaper by itself do it. The solutions manual is the odd answers which are in the back of the book! Total waste of money and paper. Major... more info
Customer Review: I had to get this book for my college course and I can say it really is quite bad. There doesn't seem to be enough useful examples and it really is quite hard to learn much from this book. There are also a lot of errors in this book. Many questions are worded poorly too.
Customer Review: Given the wide breadth of mathematics, it is natural that the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs would differ widely from institution to institution. The supervising faculty quite naturally want to engage in areas that they are interested in, so there is a wide variation in... more info
