ABSTRACT ALGEBRA: A Study Guide for Beginners

ABSTRACT ALGEBRA:

A STUDY GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

John A. Beachy

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Northern Illinois University

    This study guide is intended for students who are working through the Third Edition of our textbook Abstract Algebra (co-authored with William D. Blair). The notes are focused on solved problems, and our goal is to help students learn how to do proofs, as well as computations.
    The files are in pdf format, suitable for viewing with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please note that this study guide differs somewhat from the Online Study Guide.

The study guide is currently under revision. The previous version of the study guide, written to accompany the second edition of Abstract Algebra, is still available here.



The latest draft     142 pages, pdf format    

In this draft (posted 2/6/2007), Chapters 1 to 3 are close to final form. There are about 400 problems, and about half of the problems have full solutions in the study guide. Please send me email if you find typos or mathematical mistakes.

The review problems for Chapters 4 to 6 have been updated to be consistent with the new edition of the text. The next stage of the project will be to expand this coverage to something similar to the coverage of the first few chapters. This seems like a long-term project; maybe I can complete it this summer.



© 2006 by John A. Beachy