[sage-edu] Re: Sage-enabled textbook for Abstract Algebra

2015-07-30 Thread Rob Beezer
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 combinatori

[sage-edu] Re: Sage-enabled textbook for Abstract Algebra

2015-07-30 Thread Rob Beezer
On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 12:59:54 PM UTC-7, parisse wrote: > > I had a quick look, but I'm still a little bit confused how the source are > written. Do you write your source files in xml or have you some kind of > converter from a latex source file? > MathBook XML is the "XML application" I

[sage-edu] Advertising at MathFest: MAA Project NExT lunch

2015-07-30 Thread TJ
I have been asked to represent the community and advertise Sage at the Networking Lunch for MAA's Project NExT professional development program. (I think I have Karl-Dieter Crisman to thank for this "opportunity.") This means I will get a few minutes to show off Sage, SMC, & the cell server to a

[sage-edu] Re: Sage-enabled textbook for Abstract Algebra

2015-07-30 Thread Anne
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,