Rings, Modules, and Closure Operations

Jesse Elliott is a professor of mathematics and philosophy at California State University Channel Islands. He received a PhD in Mathematics in 2003 from the University of California, Berkeley and received a BS in Mathematics in 1995 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His areas of research are ring theory, number theory, and the philosophy of mathematics.

• Preface.- 0. Preliminaries.- 1. Introductory survey of multiplicative ideal theory.- 2. Semistar operations on commutative rings.- 3. Semistar operations on commutative rings: local methods.- 4. Extensions of commutative rings.- 5. Semiprime, star, and semistar operations on commutative rings.- 6. Closure operations on submodules over noncommutative rings.- 7. Appendix on Clusure operations and nuclei.- Bibliography.- Index.

“I am certain that there is a lot to learn here and that this text is a valuable contribution to the literature that did not previously exist.” (Geoffrey D. Dietz, Mathematical Reviews, March, 2021)