A Book of Abstract Algebra - Department of Mathematics

A BOOK OF ABSTRACT ALGEBRA

Second Edition Charles C. Pinter

Professor of Mathematics Bucknell University

Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, New York

Copyright ? 1982, 1990 by Charles C. Pinter All rights reserved.

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Bibliographical Note

This Dover edition, first published in 2010, is an unabridged republication of the 1990 second edition of the work originally published in 1982 by the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc., New York.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pinter, Charles C, 1932? A book of abstract algebra / Charles C. Pinter. -- Dover ed. p. cm. Originally published: 2nd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1990. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-486-47417-5 ISBN-10: 0-486-47417-8 1. Algebra, Abstract. I. Title.

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To my wife, Donna, and my sons,

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CONTENTS*

Preface

Chapter 1 Why Abstract Algebra? History of Algebra. New Algebras. Algebraic Structures. Axioms and Axiomatic Algebra. Abstraction in Algebra.

Chapter 2 Operations Operations on a Set. Properties of Operations.

Chapter 3 The Definition of Groups Groups. Examples of Infinite and Finite Groups. Examples of Abelian and Nonabelian Groups. Group Tables. Theory of Coding: Maximum-Likelihood Decoding.

Chapter 4 Elementary Properties of Groups Uniqueness of Identity and Inverses. Properties of Inverses. Direct Product of Groups.

Chapter 5 Subgroups Definition of Subgroup. Generators and Defining Relations. Cay ley Diagrams. Center of a Group. Group Codes; Hamming Code.

Chapter 6 Functions Injective, Surjective, Bijective Function. Composite and Inverse of Functions. Finite-State Machines. Automata and Their Semigroups.

Chapter 7 Groups of Permutations Symmetric Groups. Dihedral Groups. An Application of Groups to Anthropology.

Chapter 8 Permutations of a Finite Set Decomposition of Permutations into Cycles. Transpositions. Even and Odd Permutations. Alternating Groups.

Chapter 9 Isomorphism The Concept of Isomorphism in Mathematics. Isomorphic and Nonisomorphic Groups. Cayley's Theorem.

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