Further Algebra and Applications [Paperback]

Here is the second volume of a revised edition of P.M. Cohn's classic three-volume text Algebra, widely regarded as one of the most outstanding introductory algebra textbooks. Volume Two focuses on applications. The text is supported by worked examples, with full proofs, there are numerous exercises with occasional hints, and some historical remarks.

Further Algebra and Applications is the second volume of a new and revised edition of P.M. Cohn's classic three-volume text Algebra which is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding introductory algebra textbooks. For this edition, the text has been reworked and updated into two self-contained, companion volumes, covering advanced topics in algebra for second- and third-year undergraduate and postgraduate research students.
The first volume, Basic Algebra , covers the important results of algebra; this companion volume focuses on the applications and covers the more advanced parts of topics such as:
- groups and algebras
- homological algebra
- universal algebra
- general ring theory
- representations of finite groups
- coding theory
- languages and automata
The author gives a clear account, supported by worked examples, with full proofs. There are numerous exercises with occasional hints, and some historical remarks.1. Universal algebra.- 2. Homological algebra.- 3. Further group theory.- 4. Algebras.- 5. Central simple algebras.- 6. Representation theory of finite groups.- 7. Noetherian rings and polynomial identities.- 8. Rings without finiteness assumptions.- 9. Skew fields.- 10. Coding theory.- 11. Languages and automata.- List of Notations.- Author Index.

From the reviews of the second volume of the revised edition:

The reader is treated to the spectacle of a very fine mathematician developing many diverse branches of algebrali