Re: Coprimeness - I think I'm confused, but I'm not sure

In article <1112501288.bd074ba1046841d92117f688b5b65291@teranews>,
Matt Gutting <matthewdba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[.snip.]


>My reference book on these subjects is Joseph Rotman, "Advanced Modern
>Algebra" (no edition given; I'm assuming it's first edition). Do you or
>anyone else reading know anything about how good it's considered? I
>can't find a review on the AMS site archives. (But then I don't know
>whether they generally review introductory texts like this.)

Yes, they do. However, in this case, the MathReview is just an extract
of the Preface, followed by a quick list of comments and a pointer to
the author's list of errata.

The review number is MR2043445 (2005b:00002).

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