Alcock Lara (Reader And Head Of Department Mathematics Reader And Head Of Department Mathematics Education Centre Loughborough University) - How To Think About Abstract Algebra - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: How to Think about Abstract Algebra provides an engaging and readable introduction to its subject which encompasses group theory and ring theory. Abstract Algebra is central in most undergraduate mathematics degrees and it captures regularities that appear across diverse mathematical structures - many people find it beautiful for this reason. But its abstraction can make its central ideas hard to grasp and even the best students might find that they can follow some of the reasoning without really understanding what it is all about. This book aims to solve that problem. It is not like other Abstract Algebra texts and is not a textbook containing standard content. Rather it is designed to be read before starting an Abstract Algebra course or as a companion text once a course has begun. It builds up key information on five topics: binary operations groups quotient groups isomorphisms and homomorphisms and rings. It provides numerous examples tables and diagrams and its explanations are informed by research in mathematics education. The book also provides study advice focused on the skills that students need in order to learn successfully in their own Abstract Algebra courses. It explains how to interact productively with axioms definitions theorems and proofs and how research in psychology should inform our beliefs about effective learning.
Title: How To Think About Abstract Algebra
Author(s): Alcock Lara (Reader And Head Of Department Mathematics Reader And Head Of Department Mathematics Education Centre Loughborough University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198843382
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 3/29/2021
Category: Popular Mathematics