Ask HN: Good textbooks or resources for learning Abstract Algebra?

11 pointsby SkyMarshalقبل 7 سنوات4 comments

Anyone who’s studied abstract algebra have any favorite textbooks or resources for learning it? I want to better understand both the symbology and the concepts, particularly those that are prereqs to cryptography and category theory. I would love to find a “Calculus Made Easy” or “SICP” equivalent for abstract algebra - a text that explains it really well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_algebra

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ekrقبل 7 سنوات

Algebra by "Mac Lane & Birkhoff" was my favorite textbook in college. Really thorough and not quite as dry as Dummit.

(https://www.amazon.com/Algebra-Chelsea-Publishing-Saunders-L...)

Mac Lane was also the father of category theory.

omar_a1قبل 7 سنوات

Not sure that you'll find any "Made Easy"-type (abstract) algebra texts, but my college textbook was "Introduction to Abstract Algebra", by W. Keith Nicholson, for what it's worth.

pizzaقبل 7 سنوات

If you don't get any better suggestions try Dummit and Foote.

kootsقبل 7 سنوات

MIT ocw Abstract Algebra course