Enumeration of finite groups / Simon R. Blackburn, Peter M. Neumann, Geetha Venkataraman.

How many groups of order n are there? This is a natural question for anyone studying group theory, and this Tract provides an exhaustive and up-to-date account of research into this question spanning almost fifty years. The authors presuppose an undergraduate knowledge of group theory, up to and inc...

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Uniform Title:Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 173.
Main Authors: Blackburn, Simon R. (Author)
Neumann, P. M. (Author)
Venkataraman, Geetha (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Series:Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 173.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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How many groups of order n are there? This is a natural question for anyone studying group theory, and this Tract provides an exhaustive and up-to-date account of research into this question spanning almost fifty years. The authors presuppose an undergraduate knowledge of group theory, up to and including Sylow's Theorems, a little knowledge of how a group may be presented by generators and relations, a very little representation theory from the perspective of module theory, and a very little cohomology theory - but most of the basics are expounded here and the book is more or less self-contained. Although it is principally devoted to a connected exposition of an agreeable theory, the book does also contain some material that has not hitherto been published. It is designed to be used as a graduate text but also as a handbook for established research workers in group theory.
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Call Number:QA177 .B53 2007
ISBN:9780511542756 (ebook)
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511542756