Basic Algebra I where ancient mysteries still survive

where ancient mysteries still survive that have perished in the rest of the Orient

Reprint of the corrected 1981 edition

including a rare portrait of California before the gold rush

In the last part

Basic Algebra I where ancient mysteries still surviveA classic text and standard reference for a generation, this volume and its companion are the work of an expert algebraist who taught at Yale for two decades. Nathan Jacobson's books possess a conceptual and theoretical orientation, and in addition to their value as classroom texts, they serve as valuable references. Volume I explores all of the topics typically covered in undergraduate courses, including the rudiments of set theory, group theory,