This book is written as an introduction to higher algebra for students with a background of a year of calculus. The book developed out of a set of notes for a s

An informal and readable introduction to higher algebra at the post-calculus level. The concepts of ring and field are introduced through study of the familiar

Great book! The author's teaching experinece shows in every chapter. --Efim Zelmanov, University of California, San Diego Vinberg has written an algebra book th