内容简介
Thisbookcanbeusedasatextforthefirstyearofgraduatealgebra,butitismuchmorethanthat.Itcanalsoservemoreadvancedgraduatestudentswishingtolearntopicsontheirown;whilenotreachingthefrontiers,thebookdoesprovideasenseofthesuccessesandmethodsarisinginanarea.Finally,thisisareferencecontainingmanyofthestandardtheoremsanddefinitionsthatusersofalgebraneedtoknow.Thus,thebookisnotonlyanappetizer,butaheartymealaswell.