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...
Uniform Title: | Cambridge tracts in mathematics ;
173. |
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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Series: | Cambridge tracts in mathematics ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Summary: |
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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Note: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
Call Number: | QA177 .B53 2007 |
ISBN: | 9780511542756 (ebook) |
DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511542756 |