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Zbl 0904.00001
Bourbaki, Nicolas
Elements of mathematics. Algebra I. Chapters 1--3. Transl. from the French. Softcover edition of the 2nd printing 1989. (English)
[B] Berlin: Springer. xxiii, 709 p. DM 79.00; öS 577.00; sFr. 72.00; \sterling 30.50; \$ 49.95 (1998). ISBN 3-540-64243-9/pbk

It is a remarkable initiative undertaken by Springer-Verlag to have a new softcover edition of the English translation of the famous series ``The elements of mathematics'' by {\it Nicolas Bourbaki}. Several generations of mathematicians matured with the myth for a group of young mathematicians, their names covered with mysticism, who decided in a series of volumes to provide a solid foundation for the whole body of modern mathematics. More than 30 years have passed since the appearance of the French original of the first books but nevertheless ``The Elements'' are still vivid and are one of the main sources for references in many books and papers. \par The present volume contains Chapters 1-3 of the second ``numbered'' book by Bourbaki (I. Theory of sets; II. Algebra; III. General topology; IV. Functions of real variable; V. Topological vector spaces; VI. Integration). Chapter 1 deals with algebraic structures (including monoids, groups, groups with operations, rings and fields). Chapter 2 is devoted to linear algebra (modules, vector spaces, affine and projective spaces, matrices, graded rings and modules). Chapter 3 contains the theory of algebras, graded algebras, tensor products, symmetric and exterior algebras, determinants, norms, traces and derivations, coalgebras (called in the text cogebras). Each chapter contains a long list of research exercises and historical notes. \par Together with the other 6 chapters of Algebra and the books on Commutative algebra and Lie groups and Lie algebras (1998; Zbl 0904.17001), the text under review is of great value for any mathematician working in the field of algebra or some related topics. \par [The 1989 ed. was reviewed in Zbl 0673.00001. For a review of Algebra II (Springer 1990), see Zbl 0719.12001].
[V.Drensky (Sofia)]

MSC 2000:: *00A05 General mathematics
12-01 Textbooks (field theory)
15-01 Textbooks (linear algebra)
20-01 Textbooks (group theory)
16-01 Textbooks (assoc. rings and algebras)
17-01 Textbooks (nonassoc. rings and algebras)
15A69 Multilinear algebra
15A72 Vector and tensor algebra
15A75 Exterior algebra, etc.
15A78 Other algebras built from modules
17D05 Alternative rings
20E05 Free nonabelian groups
20F16 Solvable groups

Keywords: algebraic structures; groups; rings; fields; algebras; modules; linear algebra; vector spaces; affine spaces; projective spaces; tensor algebras; exterior algebras; determinants

Citations: Zbl 0281.00006; Zbl 0211.02401; Zbl 0673.00001; Zbl 0719.12001; Zbl 0904.17001

Cited in: Zbl 1111.00001 Zbl 1017.12001 Zbl 0904.17001

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