Magurn, Bruce A.  <br/><br/>
Algebraic introduction to K-theory, Vol. 87 

 - Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press,  2002. 
 - xiv, 676 p.;  pb;  25 cm. 
 - Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications. .
<br/><br/> The presentation is self-contained, with all the necessary background and proofs, and is divided into short sections with exercises to reinforce the ideas and suggest further lines of inquiry. The prerequisites are minimal: just a first semester of algebra (including Galois theory and modules over a principal ideal domain). No experience with homological algebra, analysis, geometry, number theory, or topology is assumed. The author has successfully used this text to teach algebra to first-year graduate students. Selected topics can be used to construct a variety of one-semester courses; coverage of the entire text requires a full year. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521106580 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>K-theory<br/>Algebraic Topology<br/>Modules
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>512.55  / MAN