Enumeration of Finite Groups

Simon R Blackburn author Peter M Neumann author Geetha Venkataraman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:18th Oct '07

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First text to focus on exciting area of group-theoretic research: the question 'how many groups of order n are there?'

How many groups of order n are there? This is a natural question for anyone studying group theory, and this Tract provides an exhaustive, connected, and up-to-date account of research into this question spanning almost fifty years. Written for graduate students and established research workers alike.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.

'… a welcome and well-written addition to the theory of finite groups.' EMS Newsletter

ISBN: 9780521882170

Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 19mm

Weight: 532g

294 pages