Louis Rowen

e-mail: rowen@macs.biu.ac.il
phone: (+972) 3-531-8284
home phone (972) 9-7416819, fax (972) 9-7418016 office: room 303


My specialty is noncommutative algebra, in particular division algebras and also the structure of rings.

Academic Background: Doctorate from Yale University in 1973;
Dickson Instructorship University of Chicago (1973-1975);
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Bar-Ilan University (1975-present).
For further academic details see Curriculum Vita.

I am an enthusiastic cellist, having soloed with the Jerusalem Symphony, and play in chamber music concerts from time to time.
Rachel, my wife, is a silversmith, specializing in Judaica objects.
Her e-mail address rowen@netvision.net.il, and website www.rachelrowen.co.il.


Textbook Algebra: Groups, Rings and Fields, pub. A.K.Peters, 1994.
A list of errata is given in Thanks to the courtesy of our publisher, AK Peters Ltd., starting July 1, 2000, you will be able to download the entire algebra text in a postscript file. This offer is good until Dec. 31, 2009, at which time it may be withdrawn.
A more permanent version of this book is still available from the publisher or your favorite bookseller, for the reasonable price of $59.00.
Further information about the algebra text: Algebra: Groups, Rings, and Fields


Updates and Corrections to , Ring Theory, pub. Academic Press Pure and Applied Math 1988
(Student edition 1991).

The algebra seminar meets Wednesdays at 10:30 AM, starting 9 Nov


Publication List

Information about current courses: Galois Theory
Structures in algebras (Mivnim algebrim)
Graduate Commutative Algebra
Pritzot Derech
Game Theory
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