>>11279882I won't read Aluffi's book entirely, just the first half which is about group and ring theory, I tried studying algebra before and took a look at some books. Didn't like Herstein, it's notation is terrible and outdated, the other one was Artin, but it was too geometrical for my tastes, the classes weren't like that and then I tried the recommended textbook Jacobson, and holy shit it was hard. Then I gave up on learning algebra that semester since no books were that good and I didn't have a strong proof-basis. But then I started reading a little of Aluffi and it had everything I wanted from an algebra book, his explanations and proofs are very clear, his notation is modern, his exercises are very varied (some easy, some really hard), I really liked it, but decided to continue after I manage to become stronger in proofs. I'm aware that the second part of the book is graduate-level and all, but the first part seemed very undergrad-level, am I wrong?
I already knew about munkres, but wasn't expecting to study it right now, but since you recommended it, I'll try.
