• What is Exploring Abstract Algebra with Mathematica? Exploring Abstract Algebra with Mathematica is a learning environment for introductory abstract algebra built around a suite of Mathematica packages enti tled AbstractAlgebra. These packages are a foundation for this collection of twenty-seven interactive labs on group and ring theory. The lab portion of this book reflects the contents of the Mathematica-based electronic notebooks con tained in the accompanying CD-ROM. Students can interact with both the printed and electronic versions of the material in the laboratory and look up details and reference information in the User's Guide. Exercises occur in the stream of the text of labs, providing a context in which to answer. The notebooks are designed so that the answers to the questions can either be entered into the electronic notebook or written on paper, whichever the instructor prefers. The notebooks support versions 2. 2 and 3. 0-4. 0 and are compatible with all platforms that run Mathematica. This work can be used to supplement any introductory abstract algebra text and is not dependent on any particular text. The group and ring labs have been cross referenced against some of the more popular texts. This information can be found on our web site at http://www . central. edu/eaarn. htrnl (which is also mirrored at http://www . urnl. edu/Dept/Math/eaarn/eaarn. htrnl). If your favorite text isn't on our list, it can be added upon request by contacting either author.
Presentation is highly visual, and includes a full-color insert of significant algebraic concepts and images The multi-platform CD-ROM contains Mathematica version 2.2 and 3.0 notebooks and animations Includes MathReader, the public domain software enabling users to view the content without having access to the Mathematica software package itself Includes illuminating exercises The authors provide a "Users Guide" for the data structures and commands of this package Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
"Exploring Abstract Algebra with Mathematica" provides both students and instructors working in the area of abstract algebra with a heretofore not available set of powerful computational tools and visual aids to readily deal with these very complex mathematical concepts.
Allen C. Hibbard
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