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good until Dec. 31, 2009, at which time it may be withdrawn.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
Information about current courses:
Galois Theory
Structures in algebras (Mivnim algebrim)
Graduate Commutative Algebra
Pritzot Derech
Game Theory
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