[SkyMarshal]

Related question, anyone know any good resources for learning and developing intuition in Abstract Algebra? Especially ones that explain it well, like Calculus Made Easy did for Calculus. AA is a prereq for cryptography, category theory and and other areas of interest for CompSci.

I asked this a few weeks ago but at an off peak time and not many folks saw the question. But I know HN probably has good recommendations so trying again here. Should still be relevant and helpful to OP.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20733422

[mxyzptlk]

Take a look at "A Book of Abstract Algebra" by Charles Pinter. It's published by Dover, so very affordable. I've seen it criticized as too verbose, but that worked for me.

[jimhefferon]

It has been my experience that complaints about a source being "too verbose" rarely come from people learning the subject.

[SkyMarshal]

Thanks! Verbose is fine, the more explanatory the better.

[james_s_tayler]

The YouTube playlist on AA I linked has some extremely clear explanations. Depending on your level of familiarity already ymmv. I certainly got quite a lot out of it.

[SkyMarshal]

Thanks!