This book is intended for statisticians with minimal backgrounds in algebra. As we ourselves learned algebraic notions through working on statistical problems and collaborating with notable algebraists, we hope that this book with many practical statistical problems is useful for statisticians to start working on the field.
Satoshi Aoki obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Tokyo in 2004 and is currently an associate professor in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University.
Hisayuki Hara obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Tokyo in 1999 and is currently an associate professor in the Faculty of Economics, Niigata University.
Akimichi Takemura obtained his doctoral degree from Stanford University in 1982 and is currently a professor in the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo.