1st Edition

Introduction To Commutative Algebra, Student Economy Edition

By Michael Atiyah Copyright 2016
140 Pages
by CRC Press

140 Pages
by CRC Press

This book is designed to be read by students who have had a first elementary course in general algebra. It provides a common generalization of the primes of arithmetic and the points of geometry. The book explains the various elementary operations which can be performed on ideals.

Introduction -- Notation and Terminology -- Rings and Ideals -- Modules -- Rings and Modules of Fractions -- Primary Decomposition -- Integral Dependence and Valuations -- Chain Conditions -- Noetherian Rings -- Artin Rings -- Discrete Valuation Rings and Dedekind Domains -- Completions -- Dimension Theory

Biography

Atiyah, Michael