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What do I need to know to understand this book: Lam's Serre's Problem on projective modules?

I've already read Hungerford's book and Atiyah and Macdonald's book, however when I started to read the first pages of the Lam's book, I was surprised with a definition of projective modules very different I know from Hungerford's one.

My question is what I have to know to understand this book?

EDIT

Regarding the background needed, the author only mentions this quote: "... a good grounding in graduate level algebra is assumed." which doesn't help me very much.

Thanks in advance

user42912
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Allow me to quote the book:

"... a good grounding in graduate level algebra is assumed."

However, he introduces some commutative algebra in the first chapter.

  • yes, I have read this part, but what it misses to me to have this "good grounding"? – user42912 Apr 04 '14 at 01:34
  • If you have read Hungerford and understood it, you should be in fine shape. I'm assuming that's his GTM text. – MPW Apr 04 '14 at 01:38