A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Edition

it was exactly what I ordered

We are using this for my group theory class, which is predominantly third year math majors (although most are doubles - it isn't the honors section). This book is primarily good for its excellent selection of practice problems.

My undergrad Abstract Algebra I & II classes used this book (or rather the 6th edition which Amazon is no longer carrying). I think it's a very good book with a sufficient number of examples and detailed explanations. The reviewer who stated that this is not a book for mathematicians is correct; this is a book for undergrad students taking their first course in theoretical mathematics. The title of the book, "A FIRST Cource in Abstract Algebra", assumes this which is why proofs and explanations are often incorporated together. I think that most students would appreciate the lengthly explanations and lack of overly technical proofs. Having a good professor to go along with this book, however, is what sold it to me.

Good book, although for physics major I reccomend to read 'groups and symmetry' written by Armstrong together with this book in order to get some intuition in group theory beside the formal math.

The book arrived earlier than expected, and it was in excellent condition. Abstract Algebra is one of the most interesting and engaging math classes that you will ever take. If you love mathematics, you will love Abstract Algebra.

I purchased the Kindle book because I prefer to have e-books on my iPad and I appreciated that it was $4.99. However, the Kindle formatting for this book is atrocious. There is no table of contents, so the reader can't skip to relevant sections. The attempt to digitize this book for Kindle was done completely haphazardly. The book alternates between a PDF-style view and a traditional Kindle book view, sometimes using both on the same page. If a page ends in the middle of a sentence, that same page is repeated and ending at the same word on the next page. Eventually the attempt to digitize stops and it reverts to scans of the pages, which is preferable in a math book, but the page numbers in the book don't line up with the page numbers on the ebook. The first 39 pages make up 98 percent of the book, and the last 500 pages make up the last 2 percent of the book.I am using this book this semester for a first abstract algebra course, and it might well be an excellent book, I don't know yet. However, I am completely unimpressed with the Kindle book and regret paying even $4.99 for it.

It's the only complaint I have, but in a math textbook like this the index is no minor issue, it's an invaluable tool to navigate a volume thick with theorems, definitions and so on. It's nice that they have a table of symbols at the back, but some of these appear to mis-cite page numbers. The index itself is the skimpiest I've ever seen in a text of such complexity, thrown together as though it were an afterthought. This really frustrated me on a number of occasions when I was trying to follow some particular chain of reasoning backwards through the book.

It is a version sold in India . The book is good and the exercise is the same as the US version.

Me llegó súper maltratado, es excelente libro y me pareció buen precio. Pero lo que te llega es deshecho, deberían poner atención al empacar un libro, solo lo meten en un sobre sin ninguna protección

Although book is absolutely Intresting, go for this book without asking anyone. But fault is from publisher, In this new print chapters topological groups have been deleted, there is no content index which makes difficult to find topics and there is no answer to odd problems in this print. Also don't buy the one published by Narosa, that one is third edition which isn't updated to general linear groups and other topics

great condition, thank you!!

The formatting is all wrong ! So far after just a few It is obvious that the formatting is all wrong , this is specially annoying for the math symbols . One can not even read a definition. Do not buy .

It's a Good Book ,But The theory Is very Hard To understand it. The Book refers to higher mathematice.