The Theory of Near-Rings

1 Stems, Mappings and Near-Rings.- 2 Near-Ring Theory.- 3 Near-Fields.- 4 Near-Rings on Groups with Low Order.- 5 Near-Rings on Some Families of Groups.- 6 Near-Rings Hosted by p-Groups and Related Groups.- 7 Transformation Near-Rings.- 8 Generalisations and Sub-Near-Rings of Transformation Near-Rings.- 9 Phomomorphisms.- 10 Specific Examples.- 11 Modules.- 12 Radicals.- 13 Matrices.- 14 F-Near-Rings.- 15 Product Theory.- 16 Product Theory on Finite Elementary Abelian Groups.- A Isotopy.- B Near-Ring Products on D₄.- C Other Structures of Interest.- D Semi-Linear Mappings.- E Zsigmondy's Theorem.- Bibliography.- Afterword.- Index.

Author: Robert Lockhart
Publisher: Springer
Published: 11/04/2021
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9783030817541

About the Author
Robert Lockhart has worked in mathematics at universities in London, Nigeria, New Guinea, Brunei, Milton Keynes and Oxford, where he also worked simultaneously in computing. He has enjoyed a parallel career in computing, as one of the original programmer-designers for the multi award-winning British Telecom Prestel project, as part of a research project funded by the European Union, and at the Atlas laboratory for the Rutherford-Appleton laboratory. He has published research papers on algebra, conservation biology, and modern computing. For the past twenty years he has worked mainly in distance and online education. Throughout his career he has been a regular contributor to near-ring conferences and a member of the London Mathematical Society.