>>> Which textbooks are currently trendy for the main undergrad algebra >>> and analysis courses?
>>For Algebra, the big two were Hungersford and Herstein. When I went back >>for my masters, the professor said they were still the most popular ones.
> Thanks - but aren't these graduate texts?
When I was at Princeton, they used Herstein's "Topics in Algebra" for first semester undergraduate abstract algebra. I used it my junior year. Wonderful book. He also wrote a book called "Abstract Algebra", I believe, which is an easier/shorter version, if that's what you're interested in. A friend of mine who went to Michigan State for undergrad said they used Hungerford (no "s") there for their graduate course, but I had heard it was for undergrads, so I'm not sure about that one. I glanced at it once, and it looked nowhere near as well-written as Herstein's book.
> >>For Algebra, the big two were Hungersford and Herstein. When I went back > >>for my masters, the professor said they were still the most popular ones.
I didn't explain my motivation. It isn't self study; I was just curious as to whether there are better texts today than the ones I used as an undergrad and later as a TA.
What about analysis, or advanced calculus (I'm not sure how the first year's courses are called)?
>What about analysis, or advanced calculus (I'm not sure how the first >year's courses are called)?
I've always liked Spivak.
-- Adam Atkinson (gh...@mistral.co.uk) If you are angry with someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Then you will be a mile away from them. And you'll have their shoes.
People should specify which of Hungerford's Algebra texts, and he has 2 out, 1 for undergrads (Abstract Algebra, An Intro), 1 for grads. (Algebra, a GTM text).
Adam Atkinson wrote: > On 29-Aug-04 07:37:03, Alon Amit said:
> >What about analysis, or advanced calculus (I'm not sure how the first > >year's courses are called)?
> I've always liked Spivak.
> -- > Adam Atkinson (gh...@mistral.co.uk) > If you are angry with someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Then you > will be a mile away from them. And you'll have their shoes.
