This textbook for advanced courses in group theory focuses on finite groups, with emphasis on the idea of group actions. Early chapters summarize presupposed facts, identify important themes, and establish the notation used throughout the book. Subsequent chapters explore the normal and arithmetical structures of groups as well as applications. Topics include the normal structure of groups: subgroups; homomorphisms and quotients; series; direct products and the structure of finitely generated Abelian groups; and group action on groups. Additional subjects range from the arithmetical structure of groups to classical notions of transfer and splitting by means of group action arguments. More than 675 exercises, many accompanied by hints, illustrate and extend the material.
By:
John S. Rose Imprint: Dover Publications Inc. Country of Publication: United States Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 220mm,
Width: 142mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 395g ISBN:9780486681948 ISBN 10: 0486681947 Series:Dover Books on Mathema 1.4tics Pages: 320 Publication Date:13 June 2012 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
"Preface 0 Some conventions and some basic facts 1 Introduction to finite group theory 2 Examples of groups and homomorphisms 3 ""Normal subgroups, homomorphisms and quotients"" 4 Group actions on sets 5 Finite p-groups and Sylow's theorem 6 Groups of even orders 7 Series 8 Direct products and the structure of finitely generated abelian groups 9 Group actions on groups 10 Transfer and splitting theorems 11 Finite nilpotent and soluble groups References Index of notation Index of subjects"
The late John S. Rose was Senior Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at England's University of Newcastle upon Tyne.