CommutativeAlgebra(LondonMathematicalSocietyLectureNoteSeries)

Thisintroductiontocommutativealgebragivesanaccountofsomegeneralpropertiesofringsandmodules,withtheirapplicationstonumbertheoryandgeometry.Itassumesonlythatthereaderhascompletedanundergraduatealgebracourse.Thefreshapproachandsimplicityofproofenablealargeamountofmaterialtobecovered;exercisesandexamplesareincludedthroughoutthenotes.