HOPF ALGEBRAS

"With this monograph, one of the pioneers of the subject provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory of Hopf algebras. As this theory has made great strides in recent years, such a monograph constitutes a very valuable addition to the literature, especially as there are so far comparatively few textbooks on this topic. Radford's book contains at the end of each chapter a very useful set of chapter notes that discuss these references and therefore provide an entry point to the recent research literature, especially to the extensive literature on the classification of finite–dimensional pointed Hopf algebras, a topic not discussed in any of the other books. For all these reasons, Radford's book is a very valuable new textbook on Hopf algebras that will be frequently used both by students and by researchers."

"A big number of exercises of different level of difficulty are proposed along the text, which include in particular special features or applications to a variety of concrete examples, further results and categorical aspects of the corresponding material. Interesting and up-to-date historical and bibliographical comments are provided at the end of each of the sixteen chapters."