AL. Kostrikin IR. Shafarevich (Eds.) Algebra I Basic Notions of Algebra With 45 Figures London Paris Tokyo Hong KongEncyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences Volume 11 Editor-in-Chief: R.V. GamkrelidzePreface . $1 §2. §3 §4, §5. §6. Basic Notions of Algebra LR. Shafarevich Translated from the Russian by M. Reid Contents What is Algebra? The idea of coordinatisation. Examples: dictionary of quantum mechanics and coordinatisation of finite models of incidence axioms and parallelism. Fields ..0.... eee ee cece Field axioms, isomorphisms. Field of rational functions in independent variables: function field of a plane algebraic curve. Field of Laurent series and formal Laurent series Commutative Rings ....... . King axioms; zzrodivisors and integral domains. Feld of fractions, Polynomial rings. Ring of polynomial functions on a plane algebraic curve. Ring of power series and formal power series, Boolean rings. Direct sums of rings. Ring of continuous functions. Factorisation; unique factorisation domains, examples of UFDs. Homomorphisms and Ideals ........ Homomorphisms, ideals, quotient rings. The homomorphisms ‘theorem, The resttic- ‘ion homomorphism in rings of functions. Principal ideal domains; relations with UFDs. Product of ideals. Characteristic of afield, Extension in which a given poly- nomial has a root. Algebraically closed fields. Finite fields. Representing elements of a general ring as functions on maximal and prime ideals. Integers as functions. Ultraproducts and nonstandard analysis. Commuting differential operators. Modules... 00.5.0 ccevevvveeeeeeeeeeee : Direct sums and free modules. Tensor products. Tensor, symmetric and exterior powers ‘ofa module, the dual medule. Equivalent ideals and isomorphism of modules, Modules of eiferential forms and vector fields. Families of vector spaces and modules Algebraic Aspects of Dimension ...... Rank of a module. Modules of init type. Modules of init type over a principal ideal domain. Noetherian modules and rings. Noetherian rings and eings of finite type. The case of graded rings, Transcendence degree of an extension. Finite extensions. a lt 17 24 33 41