<p>Wholeheartedly recommended to every student and user of mathematics, this is an extremely original and highly informative essay on algebra and its place in modern mathematics and science. From the fields studied in every university maths course, through Lie groups to cohomology and category theory, the author shows how the origins of each concept can be related to attempts to model phenomena in physics or in other branches of mathematics. Required reading for mathematicians, from beginners to experts.</p>

Basic Notions of Algebra (Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences)

Science & Math

Igor R. Shafarevich,Aleksej I. Kostrikin

Mathematics

Springer

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Basic Notions of Algebra (Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences)