Providing an elementary introduction to noncommutative rings and algebras this textbook begins
with the classical theory of finite dimensional algebras. Only after this modules vector
spaces over division rings and tensor products are introduced and studied. This is followed by
Jacobson's structure theory of rings. The final chapters treat free algebras polynomial
identities and rings of quotients. Many of the results are not presented in their full
generality. Rather the emphasis is on clarity of exposition and simplicity of the proofs with
several being different from those in other texts on the subject. Prerequisites are kept to a
minimum and new concepts are introduced gradually and are carefully motivated. Introduction to
Noncommutative Algebra is therefore accessible to a wide mathematical audience. It is however
primarily intended for beginning graduate and advanced undergraduate students encountering
noncommutative algebra for the first time.
