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| Galois Theory, Third Edition (Paperback)
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Edition: 3
Author: Ian Stewart
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Release Date: 2003-07-28
ISBN-10: 1584883936
ISBN-13: 9781584883937
List Price: $54.95
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Ian Stewart's Galois Theory has been in print for 30 years. Resoundingly popular, it still serves its purpose very well, but mathematics education has changed considerably since 1973. The came to bring this presentation in line with more modern approaches. While preserving and extending the most popular features of the previous editions, the author reorganized the material to place the concrete before the abstract. He also added more technical history, incorporated several newer proofs, and revived some classical topics. There is simply no more engaging, no more accessible, no more outstanding introduction to the intriguing concepts of abstract algebra than Galois Theory.
No answers to exercises , it is inconvienient .
| Customer Rating: | it is not good for self-
study .
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Different Editions and an Errata
| Customer Rating: | I just wanted to point out the following:
* The reviews dated prior to the year 2003 refer to earlier editions of the book. The current (3rd) edition was rewritten extensively.
* A list of corrections is available on the Internet. The review guidelines discourage posting URLs, but an internet search with the keywords "stewart galois theory errata" should find the location. You need a postscript reader to view the errata, but a free one is available online. |
A cute introduction
| Customer Rating: | I do like Stewart's book. Very much, indeed. I like the approach of starting in the complex case, with very little abstract algebra assumed. Especially since the subject is so much dependent on its own ideas and concepts, it's good that the reader is not blocked by too many abstractions in the beginning. The book also provides a very intuitive feeling for the ideas, before tackling the actual problems. And this is above all an introductory text, rather than a text to learn the details from.
What takes down the rating to only three stars are the typos. Loads of them. Not that they make the book impossible to read (a good math student should notice most of them at first glance) but they disturb the flow of reading, and they somehow tear down the author's authority, so that the reader gets unsure. And that is very bad, for a book aimed primarily for the not-so-advanced student. |
TYPOS!! (plus some more major errors)
| Customer Rating: | Some reviews mention typos. This book has so many typos that it is certainly not useful as a tool to learn Galois Theory. I had this book for a class in Galois Theory and there is at least one mistake for every page. (some mistakes more than typos in fact)
I cannot be more sure when I say "do not purchase this book" If you do, you will regret it. Sorry I can't type more, but I have a final in my Galois Theory class that I have to study for... the book is NOT helping.
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Good, but SO many typos
| Customer Rating: | | Good book, with a solid foundation in Galois Theory. Two major problems: the author introduces the theory over the complex field, when he really should start out in the abtract case. Worse, the book has many, many typos. They are all over the place. Someone really dropped the ball on corrections. So while this is a good intro, you need to constantly be on the look out for errors. |
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