Can I read this as an absolute beginner? And, if so, what can

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yes you can, its a good book and you can find it for free online with torrents or just typing in algebra artin pdf, then read lang algebra

>>8816134

read Lang algebra? wait, so read another Algebra book after reading this Algebra bible by Artin?

Whats the difference between the two?

>>8816111
try doing Axler or something first so you get comfortable with proving things in a less difficult setting

>>8816135
what, are you really asking this question. do you think a book called geometry has a total offering of modern geometry in it, Artin is a 500 page undergraduate text, Lang is a 1000 page springer yellowback for graduate students

>>8816135
algebra by serge lang is regarded by some as the best graduate level algebra text. just worry about artin which is for undergraduates and i quite enjoyed reading it, you can find it online for free with a bit of searching. also lang's book is close to 1000 pages and then there's commutative algebra books which run around 700-800 pages like the book by eisenbud that you read if you want to learn algebraic geometry. there's a lot of algebra man

>>8816137

Wait I googled the dude and he has like a lot of books. Is it the Linear algebra one?

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>>8816140

Seems to me that you two are right and I've made a mistake. I concede.

>>8816140
It's actually a horribly written book with way too many mistakes and terribly presented arguments.

However, it's a good book to teach out if you have a prof who works to make it a bit more intelligible, since it has a great selection of topics, and approaches them (correctly so) from a higher level perspective. The thinly veiled agenda is of course Number theory but I hardly consider that a weakness.

What are your guys' opinions on Jacobson's basic algebra 2 as a second book? I have already read Maclane and Birkhoff's Algebra (Not their survey)

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>>8816358
His style is unbearably wordy. It's good if you can get past that.

>>8816391
I'm pretty wordy when I write myself, so it might suit me. Thanks