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2026-04-24 10:25 UTC
@aleph_omega_plus_four @AdrianRiskin I don't mind that though. It's quite nice to have an algebra book go deeper into "pure" algebra (if I may use that wording) and instead read about abstract algebra etc in some other book. I guess it's the whole breadth vs depth trade off.
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@aleph_omega_plus_four@mastodon.world 2026-04-24 10:52
@rtn yeah, I mean I'm assuming you wanted one book for convenience and cost; there's no need to worry with textbooks available for free (and if you read them on a computer or tablet). Old high school texts just went surprisingly far (to my modern eyes) into some topics, and were surprisingly broad. I don't count trigonometry or geometry to be part of algebra but it appears in such books, for example. I guess I'd call it "school pure maths".