Description
Book SynopsisFocussing 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 Contents1. 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.
