Infinite Abelian Groups.

by Irving Kaplansky

Paperback. Covers and spine are faded and lightly marked. Nicks on front spine side. Two centimetre tear on spine foot. Light creases on upper leading corners. Stamp on reverse of FEP. A minor marks in the volume. Pen notes on a few pages. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM

91 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published January 1, 1954

Reviews

[Ron Me]

This is a math book, and this is its first review. I'm familiar with modern algebra, transfinite ordinals and Zorn's Lemma (equivalent to the Axiom of Choice), all used in the first few sections---reader beware! I had hoped that, since groups are so useful in physics (think of U1), infinite ones might be useful too. Finite Abelian groups are fairly straightforward, and it turns out that so are countably infinite ones, but the uncountably infinite ones are a real headache. And no hints of any way they could be useful, this book is strictly math. After wading my way through about half of the book, I gave up. Not for the faint of heart....