RAMJI LAL is an adjunct professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. He started his research career at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, and served the University of Allahabad in different capacities for over 43 years: as a professor, head of the department and the coordinator of the DSA program. He was associated with HRI, where he initiated a postgraduate (PG) program in mathematics and coordinated the Nurture Program of National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) from 1996 to 2000. After his retirement from the University of Allahabad, he was an advisor cum adjunct professor at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad for over three years. His areas of interest include group theory, algebraic K-theory and representation theory.

• Chapter 1. Vector Space.- Chapter 2. Matrices and Linear Equations.- Chapter 3. Linear Transformations.- Chapter 4. Inner Product Space.- Chapter 5. Determinants and Forms.- Chapter 6. Canonical Forms, Jordan and Rational Forms.- Chapter 7. General Linear Algebra.- Chapter 8. Field Theory, Galois Theory.- Chapter 9. Representation Theory of Finite Groups.- Chapter 10. Group Extensions and Schur Multiplier.

“The text is enhanced by a large number of examples and exercises, and the presentation of the material is equally lucid, detailed, rigorous and versatile. Together with Volume 1, this book forms a very solid and useful source for a first-, second-, and third-year course in algebra at most universities worldwide, and that for both instructors and students likewise.” (Werner Kleinert, zbMATH 1369.00003, 2017)