This text presents a unifying approach to algebra for students who are planning a career in which advanced mathematics will be used professionally. Key concepts, tools, and results are systematically developed. Most importantly, the student achieves a global perspective of the subject by seeing its vital role in analysis, topology, geometry, and number theory. Three prominent themes recur: the analogy between integers and polynomials in one variable over a field, the interplay between linear algebra and group theory, and the relationship between number theory and geometry. More than 400 problems at the ends of chapters develop related topics and point to additional applications. | Basic Algebra by Anthony W. Knapp, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters