Thanks, Anne, for your interest. I've never taught out of Artin, and my copy is not here at home. But I'll say that Tom's book is very much like Gallian's, which I used for many years. Tom has also used it for a graduate course.
And there are a few Sage examples with a distinctly combinatorial flavor to them, such as posets, coding theory and a great chapter on group actions. Rob On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 2:28:59 PM UTC-7, Anne Schilling wrote: > > Dear Rob, > > This looks like a great book! I will be teaching Abstract Algebra at UC > Davis in the fall and will try to use > it (along with Artin's book). How does it compare to Artin "Algebra", > besides offering many Sage examples? > > Best wishes, > > Anne > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 6:32:36 PM UTC-7, Rob Beezer wrote: >> >> I have had it in my head for many years to integrate Sage tightly with >> textbook material. The first full result of this idea, produced through a >> general system, is now available. (Perhaps this excuses my near-total >> absence from core Sage development the past two or three years.) >> >> Tom Judson's "Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications" is available as >> a collection of Sage-enabled web pages, in addition to a traditional PDF >> with static Sage examples - all with an open license, and both versions are >> produced from the same source files with no intermediate editing. >> >> Stable URL: http://abstract.pugetsound.edu/aata/ >> >> Features: >> >> * 710 Sage Cell examples, doctested every six months >> >> * 121 classroom-tested Sage exercises, ranging from very computational to >> open-ended guided explorations >> >> * 23 chapters, 672 traditional exercises, enough for a year-long course >> or less >> >> * "knowls" (implemented by Harald Schilly and David Farmer) for proofs >> and cross-referenced content >> >> * CSS, MathJax, and SVG images from tikz source, together make pages >> scale uniformly >> >> * web interface reacts to small screens ("responsive design") >> >> We are running a "Public Beta" for the few weeks prior to North American >> courses beginning in September. We expect Lon Mitchell to publish a >> hardcopy version (without Sage material, with new numbering) to be >> available (US only?, I'm not sure) for US$ 25 or so in the next few weeks. >> See website for details. >> >> Short-Lived URL: http://abstract.pugetsound.edu/beta.html >> Faithful PDF (beta): >> http://abstract.pugetsound.edu/beta/aata-20150729.pdf >> >> Next: >> >> * I have limited conversions to Sage Notebook worksheets, SageMathCloud >> worksheets and Jupyter notebooks in various stages of disarray. I'll >> likely get the Sage exercises posted in at least one of these formats >> before my course begins in September. >> >> * EPUB is the next major output format we will target. >> >> * Convert my linear algebra book to the new system. >> >> If you teach modern algebra to advanced undergraduates and want to expose >> your students to computation, this book would be an excellent choice. >> >> If you want to author your own material like this, the system requires no >> more technical skill than writing in LaTeX. Making Sage-enabled lecture >> notes available to your students on the web is a great way to get started. >> >> This project relies on multiple open source projects built up by many >> people, but I will just single out Tom Judson for his willingness to open >> source his textbook, his patience as we converted the original LaTeX source >> over the past year, and allowing me to incorporate Sage material and >> exercises within his book. >> >> http://abstract.pugetsound.edu/contact.html >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
