| Groups and Symmetry 1988. Corr. 2nd Edition Contributor(s): Armstrong, Mark A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0387966757 ISBN-13: 9780387966755 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1988 Annotation: Groups are important because they measure symmetry. This text, designed for undergraduate mathematics students, provides a gentle introduction to the vocabulary and many of the highlights of elementary group theory. Written in an informal style, the material is divided into short sections, each of which deals with an important result or a new idea. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on concrete examples, often geometrical in nature, so that finite rotation groups and the 17 wallpaper groups are treated in detail alongside theoretical results such as Lagrange's theorem, the Sylow theorems, and the classification theorem for finitely generated abelian groups. A novel feature at this level is a proof of the Nielsen-Schreier theorem, using groups actions on trees. There are more than 300 exercises and approximately 60 illustrations to help develop the student's intuition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Group Theory - Mathematics | Differential Equations - General |
| Dewey: 515.35 |
| LCCN: 87037677 |
| Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.36" W x 9.58" (1.00 lbs) 187 pages |