Includes subject index.

This book on algebra includes extensive revisions of the material on finite groups and Galois Theory. Further more the book also contains new problems relating to Algebra.

The Indian Adaptation of Topics in Algebra, Second Edition, offers new and updated material relevant to the Indian context. Certain chapters have been expanded to include topics such as Group Actions, Semi- Direct Products, The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, The Characteristic Polynomial and Orthogonal Matrices. In keeping with the ethos of the original, the text continues to offer a great number of examples and problems which serve to illustrate the significance of the results proved in the text. More than a third of the examples and problems are new or revised.