Lectures on Modules and Rings (Graduate Texts in Mathematics 189)

Thisnewbookcanbereadindependentlyfromthefirstvolumeandmaybeusedforlecturing,seminar-andself-study,orforgeneralreference.Itfocusesmoreonspecifictopicsinordertointroducereaderstoawealthofbasicandusefulideaswithoutthehindranceofheavymachineryorundueabstractions.User-friendlywithitsabundanceofexamplesillustratingthetheoryatvirtuallyeverystep,thisvolumecontainsalargenumberofcarefullychosenexercisestoprovidenewcomerswithpractice,whileofferingarichadditionalsourceofinformationtoexperts.Adirectapproachisusedinordertopresentthematerialinanefficientandeconomicway,therebyintroducingreaderstoaconsiderableamountofinterestingringtheorywithoutbeingdraggedthroughendlesspreparatorymaterial.