Topics in Group Theory

by Geoff C. Smith, Olga Tabachnikova, Geoff Smith, et al.

The theory of groups is simultaneously a branch of abstract algebra and the study of symmetry. Designed for readers approaching the subject for the first time, this book reviews all the essentials. It recaps the basic definitions and results, including Lagranges Theorem, the isomorphism theorems and group actions. Later chapters include material on chain conditions and finiteness conditions, free groups and the theory of presentations. In addition,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852332352
• ISBN13: 9781852332358
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.3"