Tuesday, November 27, 2007

A first course in Noncommutative Rings

By Lam. An excellent text. Unlike most books which are based on lecture notes, the prose here is surpisingly clear and friendly. The book doesn't presuppose much commutative Algebra. I myself have only a nodding acquaintance with the subject and have found the book accessible and easy to navigate. Of particular interest are the author's discussion of the Jacobson radical, semisimple rings and representation theory.

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