This new proceedings is a collection of papers presenting the recent developments and research in various fields of algebra, especially Lie Algebras, Rings and their related topics undertaken in the U.S.A., Russia, North Asia and Israel. Contributors include E. Zelmanov, the 1994 Fields Medalist, L. Bokut, Gunter F. Pilz, Koichiro Harada, Alexander Kemer, V.K. Kharchenko, L. Makar-Limanov and Louis H. Rowen.

This volume consists of seven papers related in various matters to the research work of Kostia Beidar+, a distinguished ring theorist and professor of National Ching Kung University (NCKU). Written by leading experts in these areas, the papers also emphasize important applications to other fields of mathematics. Most papers are based on talks that were presented at the memorial conference which was held in March 2005 at NCKU.

Near-Rings and Near-Fields opens with three invited lectures on different aspects of the history of near-ring theory. These are followed by 26 papers reflecting the diversity of the subject in regard to geometry, topological groups, automata, coding theory and probability, as well as the purely algebraic structure theory of near-rings.
Audience: Graduate students of mathematics and algebraists interested in near-ring theory.

The present volume contains the written version of three invited lectures and sixteen papers presented in the International Conference on Near-Rings and Near-Fields held in Stellenbosch, South Africa. These articles reflect contemporary research activities on the algebraic structure theory of near-rings and the interaction they have with group theory, geometry and combinatorics. Audience: This book will be of value to graduate students of mathematics and algebraists interested in all aspects of the near-ring theory.