For instance, rings are sets with two operations which generalize the usual numbers. An area of research at Michigan Tech is commutative algebra, namely the study of those rings where both operations ...

In the 2012–13 academic year, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, hosted programs in Commutative Algebra (Fall 2012 and Spring 2013) and Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry and ...

This introductory account of commutative algebra is aimed at advanced undergraduates and first year graduate students. Assuming only basic abstract algebra, it provides a good foundation in ...