This solid volume discusses all the key topics in detail, including classification, orbit structure, representations, universal constructions, and abstract analogues. Open problems are discussed as they arise and many useful exercises are included.

Inhalt
Background.- Algebraic Monoids.- Regularity Conditions.- Classification of Reductive Monoids.- Universal Constructions.- Orbit Structure of Reductive Monoids.- The Analogue of the Bruhat Decomposition.- Representations and Blocks of Algebraic Monoids.- Monoids of Lie Type.- Cellular Decomposition of Algebraic Monoids.- Conjugacy Classes.- The Centralizer of a Semisimple Element.- Combinatorics Related to Algebraic Monoids.- Survey of Related Developments.