Ask HN: Good textbooks or resources for learning Abstract Algebra?

11 points by SkyMarshal 5 years ago

Anyone who’s studied abstract algebra have any favorite textbooks or resources for learning it? I want to better understand both the symbology and the concepts, particularly those that are prereqs to cryptography and category theory. I would love to find a “Calculus Made Easy” or “SICP” equivalent for abstract algebra - a text that explains it really well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_algebra

omar_a1 5 years ago

Not sure that you'll find any "Made Easy"-type (abstract) algebra texts, but my college textbook was "Introduction to Abstract Algebra", by W. Keith Nicholson, for what it's worth.

pizza 5 years ago

If you don't get any better suggestions try Dummit and Foote.

koots 5 years ago

MIT ocw Abstract Algebra course