Abstract Algebra with Applications
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Abstract Algebra with Applications provides a friendly and concise introduction to algebra, with an emphasis on its uses in the modern world. The first part of this book covers groups, after some preliminaries on sets, functions, relations, and induction, and features applications such as public-key cryptography, Sudoku, the finite Fourier transform, and symmetry in chemistry and physics. The second part of this book covers rings and fields, and features applications such as random number generators, error correcting codes, the Google…
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Key features
- Includes interesting computational examples where students can use their preferred software, including Mathematica, Scientific Workplace and Group Explorer
- Connects theory with practice by featuring plenty of examples and applications
- Emphasizes finite fields and rings and the ways in which the finite mirrors the infinite, making the subject accessible to students
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316685013
- Series Cambridge Mathematical Textbooks
- Subjects Algebra,Mathematical Methods,Mathematics,Mathematics (general),Physics and Astronomy
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 14 February 2019
- ISBN: 9781107164079
- Dimensions (mm): 253 x 177 mm
- Weight: 0.87kg
- Contains: 104 b/w illus. 100 colour illus.
- Page extent: 328 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 23 May 2019
- ISBN: 9781316685013
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