Introduction to Modern Algebra and Matrix Theory

Thisuniquetextprovidesstudentswithasingle-volumetreatmentofthebasicsofcalculusandanalyticgeometry.ItreflectstheteachingmethodsandphilosophyofOttoSchreier，aninfluentialmathematicianandprofessor.Theorderofitspresentationpromotesanintuitiveapproachtocalculus，anditoffersastrongemphasisonalgebrawithminimalprerequisites.
Startingwithaffinespaceandlinearequations，thetextproceedstoconsiderationsofEuclideanspaceandthetheoryofdeterminants，fieldtheoryandthefundamentaltheoremofalgebra，elementsofgrouptheory，andlineartransformationsandmatrices.Numerousexercisesattheendofeachsectionformimportantsupplementstothetext.