Algebra, I / B. L. van der Waerden ; in part a development from lectures by E. Artin and E. Noether ; transl. from the second revised German ed. by Fred Blum

Based upon lectures given by Emmy Noether and Emil Artin at the University of Göttingen, Germany, in the 1920s, this text was intended as a systematic introduction to the novel abstract, axiomatic approach to algebraic structures, which had just been elaborated in the past three decades before. Combining E. Noether's pioneering conceptual and structural insights, E. Artin's unique clarity and elegance of exposition, and his own tremendous gift for synthesis, B. L. van der Waerden set up a textbook that literally revolutionized the teaching of graduate algebra at universities worldwide. More than that, both his unified structural approach and his eloquent, clear, terse and elegant style set the standard for mathematical texts in the sequel. (Zentralblatt)

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