This book gives a self-contained introduction to the theory of lambda-rings and closely related topics, including Witt vectors, integer-valued polynomials, and

Algebra, as we know it today, consists of many different ideas, concepts and results. A reasonable estimate of the number of these different items would be some

"This book gives a self-contained introduction to the theory of lambda-rings and closely related topics, including Witt vectors, integer-valued polynomials, and