# Math 405/505, Fall 2021 Resources

## Books

Class textbook:

1. Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms by David A. Cox, John B. Little, Donal O’Shea, Fourth Edition, 2015

1. Invitation to Nonlinear Algebra by Mateusz Michałek and Bernd Sturmfels, 2020

2. Introduction to Algebraic Geometry by Brendan Hassett, 2016

3. Rings With Inquiry, by Michael Janssen and Melissa Lindsey
4. Commutative Algebra, by Andrea Ferretti
5. Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications, by Thomas Judson
6. Abstract Algebra by David S. Dummit and Richard M. Foote

Basic abstract algebra:

7. Contemporary Abstract Algebra by Joseph Gallian
8. A First Course in Abstract Algebra by John B. Fraleigh

## Websites for class

We will also use Zoom (Zoom meeting link posted in Canvas).

## LaTeX

### Accessing MathSciNet and Journals via Library Proxy

1. Original link to MathSciNet, accessible from campus networks and VPN

2. Library proxy link to MathSciNet

3. Library proxies in general: add https://libproxy.boisestate.edu/login?url= in front of the URL you want to visit. See Boise State EZProxy “proxy bookmarklet” on Paperpile.