Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Thanks VII
3. Foreword IX
4. Foreword to the second edition XIII
5. Contents XV
6. Part I
7. 1 Basic introductory theory 1
8. 2 Main tools 22
9. 3 Overview of module theory 99
10. 4 Derivations, differentials and Jacobian ideals 122
11. Part II
12. 5 Basic advanced theory 147
13. 6 Homological methods 181
14. 7 Graded structures 258
15. Bibliography 333
16. Index 339