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Book Synopsis
Focussing on the non-commutative side of the field, this advanced textbook emphasizes the general linear group as the most important group and example.
Readers are expected to be familiar with groups, rings, and fields, and to have a solid knowledge of linear algebra.

Table of Contents
1. Rudiments of Group Theory.- 1. Review.- 2. Automorphisms.- 3. Group Actions.- 2. The General Linear Group.- 4. Basic Structure.- 5. Parabolic Subgroups.- 6. The Special Linear Group.- 3. Local Structure.- 7. Sylow’s Theorem.- 8. Finite p-groups.- 9. The Schur-Zassenhaus Theorem.- 4. Normal Structure.- 10. Composition Series.- 11. Solvable Groups.- 5. Semisimple Algebras.- 12. Modules and Representations.- 13. Wedderburn Theory.- 6. Group Representations.- 14. Characters.- 15. The Character Table.- 16. Induction.- Appendix: Algebraic Integers and Characters.- List of Notation.

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    A Paperback / softback by J.L. Alperin, Rowen B. Bell

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      Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/09/1995
      ISBN13: 9780387945262, 978-0387945262
      ISBN10: 0387945261

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Focussing on the non-commutative side of the field, this advanced textbook emphasizes the general linear group as the most important group and example.
      Readers are expected to be familiar with groups, rings, and fields, and to have a solid knowledge of linear algebra.

      Table of Contents
      1. Rudiments of Group Theory.- 1. Review.- 2. Automorphisms.- 3. Group Actions.- 2. The General Linear Group.- 4. Basic Structure.- 5. Parabolic Subgroups.- 6. The Special Linear Group.- 3. Local Structure.- 7. Sylow’s Theorem.- 8. Finite p-groups.- 9. The Schur-Zassenhaus Theorem.- 4. Normal Structure.- 10. Composition Series.- 11. Solvable Groups.- 5. Semisimple Algebras.- 12. Modules and Representations.- 13. Wedderburn Theory.- 6. Group Representations.- 14. Characters.- 15. The Character Table.- 16. Induction.- Appendix: Algebraic Integers and Characters.- List of Notation.

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