Author: Foster, Alfred L. [1904-1994]
Title: a collection of 23 offprints and extracts, ca.1956-1973, concerning algebra
Description: 24x16cm, TWENTY-THREE [23] ITEMS. Weighs 700 grams.. Minor wear. VG. ¶ This is a collection of 23 separate offprints and extracts, most running between 6 to 30 pages each, all authored or co-authored by the University of California Berkeley Professor Emeritus Alfred L. Foster. ["..When Foster first began his study of varieties in universal algebra, the subject was often regarded as somewhat sterile, perhaps because little more than the very basic abstract theory had been developed and also because its relevance to mainstream ideas then current was not yet clearly established. Probably for this reason, the value of his early work on primal algebra theory was not immediately recognized. Before long, however,it became clear to Foster and his students that this theory truly was relevant, and the subsequent four decades of explosive growth of universal algebra is testimony to the validity of Foster's persistent belief in the intrinsic value of his work. If Foster had had more interest in achieving personal recognition it is easy to imagine that he might have abandoned this work in favor of a more popular research area..." - Calisphere website]. Includes: Total Algebras & Weak Independence; Functional Completeness & Automorphisms; Algebraic & Equational Semi-Maximality; Semi-categorical Algebras; etc.

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