Download or read book Low Rank Representations and Graphs for Sporadic Groups written by Cheryl E. Praeger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-12-05 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a complete classification of the transitive permutation representations of rank at most five of the sporadic simple groups and their automorphism groups, together with a comprehensive study of the vertex-transitive graphs associated with these representations. Included is a list of all vertex-transitive, distance-regular graphs on which a sporadic almost simple group acts with rank at most five. In this list are some new, interesting distance-regular graphs of diameter two, which are not distance-transitive. For most of the representations a presentation of the sporadic group is given, with words in the given generators which generate a point stabiliser: this gives readers sufficient information to reconstruct and study the representations and graphs. Practical computational techniques appropriate for analysing finite vertex-transitive graphs are described carefully, making the book an excellent starting point for learning about groups and the graphs on which they act.
Download or read book Geometry of Sporadic Groups Volume 1 Petersen and Tilde Geometries written by A. A. Ivanov and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-17 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important monograph on finite group theory.
Download or read book Topics in Algebraic Graph Theory written by Lowell W. Beineke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no other book with such a wide scope of both areas of algebraic graph theory.
Download or read book Groups and Computation III written by William M. Kantor and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains contributions by the participants of the conference "Groups and Computation", which took place at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, in June 1999. This conference was the successor of two workshops on "Groups and Computation" held at DIMACS in 1991 and 1995. There are papers on permutation group algorithms, finitely presented groups, polycyclic groups, and parallel computation, providing a representative sample of the breadth of Computational Group Theory. On the other hand, more than one third of the papers deal with computations in matrix groups, giving an in-depth treatment of the currently most active area of the field. The points of view of the papers range from explicit computations to group-theoretic algorithms to group-theoretic theorems needed for algorithm development.
Download or read book Representations of Lie Algebras written by Anthony Henderson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bold and refreshing approach to Lie algebras assumes only modest prerequisites (linear algebra up to the Jordan canonical form and a basic familiarity with groups and rings), yet it reaches a major result in representation theory: the highest-weight classification of irreducible modules of the general linear Lie algebra. The author's exposition is focused on this goal rather than aiming at the widest generality and emphasis is placed on explicit calculations with bases and matrices. The book begins with a motivating chapter explaining the context and relevance of Lie algebras and their representations and concludes with a guide to further reading. Numerous examples and exercises with full solutions are included. Based on the author's own introductory course on Lie algebras, this book has been thoroughly road-tested by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students and it is also suited to individual readers wanting an introduction to this important area of mathematics.
Download or read book Classical Groups Derangements and Primes written by Timothy C. Burness and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A graduate-level introduction to finite classical groups featuring a comprehensive account of the conjugacy and geometry of elements of prime order.
Download or read book Orthogonal Latin Squares Based on Groups written by Anthony B. Evans and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph presents a unified exposition of latin squares and mutually orthogonal sets of latin squares based on groups. Its focus is on orthomorphisms and complete mappings of finite groups, while also offering a complete proof of the Hall–Paige conjecture. The use of latin squares in constructions of nets, affine planes, projective planes, and transversal designs also motivates this inquiry. The text begins by introducing fundamental concepts, like the tests for determining whether a latin square is based on a group, as well as orthomorphisms and complete mappings. From there, it describes the existence problem for complete mappings of groups, building up to the proof of the Hall–Paige conjecture. The third part presents a comprehensive study of orthomorphism graphs of groups, while the last part provides a discussion of Cartesian projective planes, related combinatorial structures, and a list of open problems. Expanding the author’s 1992 monograph, Orthomorphism Graphs of Groups, this book is an essential reference tool for mathematics researchers or graduate students tackling latin square problems in combinatorics. Its presentation draws on a basic understanding of finite group theory, finite field theory, linear algebra, and elementary number theory—more advanced theories are introduced in the text as needed.
Download or read book Moonshine the Monster and Related Topics written by Chongying Dong and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the proceedings of a Joint Summer Research Conference held at Mount Holyoke College in Jun 1994. As perhaps the first conference proceedings devoted exclusively to the subject known as "Moonshine", this work contains something for many mathematicians and physicists. Many of the results featured are not available elsewhere.
Download or read book Profiles written by R. S. Bhathal and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are sixteen tales of scientific discovery. In their own words, Australian women scientists tell the stories of their lives, their work and the secrets of their success. Until now, their world-famous achievements have not been widely known in their own country. In this remarkable book all talk candidly about their careers, describing not just the obstacles that many encountered--personal, social and institutionalised discrimination--but also their inspirations and influences.
Download or read book Notes on Counting An Introduction to Enumerative Combinatorics written by Peter J. Cameron and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enumerative combinatorics, in its algebraic and analytic forms, is vital to many areas of mathematics, from model theory to statistical mechanics. This book, which stems from many years' experience of teaching, invites students into the subject and prepares them for more advanced texts. It is suitable as a class text or for individual study. The author provides proofs for many of the theorems to show the range of techniques available, and uses examples to link enumerative combinatorics to other areas of study. The main section of the book introduces the key tools of the subject (generating functions and recurrence relations), which are then used to study the most important combinatorial objects, namely subsets, partitions, and permutations of a set. Later chapters deal with more specialised topics, including permanents, SDRs, group actions and the Redfield–Pólya theory of cycle indices, Möbius inversion, the Tutte polynomial, and species.
Download or read book Orthogonal Polynomials and Painlev Equations written by Walter Van Assche and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a number of intriguing connections between Painlev equations and orthogonal polynomials, and this book is one of the first to provide an introduction to these. Researchers in integrable systems and non-linear equations will find the many explicit examples where Painlev equations appear in mathematical analysis very useful. Those interested in the asymptotic behavior of orthogonal polynomials will also find the description of Painlev transcendants and their use for local analysis near certain critical points helpful to their work. Rational solutions and special function solutions of Painlev equations are worked out in detail, with a survey of recent results and an outline of their close relationship with orthogonal polynomials. Exercises throughout the book help the reader to get to grips with the material. The author is a leading authority on orthogonal polynomials, giving this work a unique perspective on Painlev equations.
Download or read book Some Tapas of Computer Algebra written by Arjeh M. Cohen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the basic concepts and algorithms of computer algebra using practical examples that illustrate their actual use in symbolic computation. A wide range of topics are presented, including: Groebner bases, real algebraic geometry, lie algebras, factorization of polynomials, integer programming, permutation groups, differential equations, coding theory, automatic theorem proving, and polyhedral geometry. This book is a must read for anyone working in the area of computer algebra, symbolic computation, and computer science.
Download or read book Wavelets written by Peter Nickolas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers an excellent introduction to the mathematical theory of wavelets for senior undergraduate students. Despite the fact that this theory is intrinsically advanced, the author's elementary approach makes it accessible at the undergraduate level. Beginning with thorough accounts of inner product spaces and Hilbert spaces, the book then shifts its focus to wavelets specifically, starting with the Haar wavelet, broadening to wavelets in general, and culminating in the construction of the Daubechies wavelets. All of this is done using only elementary methods, bypassing the use of the Fourier integral transform. Arguments using the Fourier transform are introduced in the final chapter, and this less elementary approach is used to outline a second and quite different construction of the Daubechies wavelets. The main text of the book is supplemented by more than 200 exercises ranging in difficulty and complexity.
Download or read book Neverending Fractions written by Jonathan Borwein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory text covers a variety of applications to interest every reader, from researchers to amateur mathematicians.
Download or read book Unitary Reflection Groups written by Gustav I. Lehrer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unitary reflection is a linear transformation of a complex vector space that fixes each point in a hyperplane. Intuitively, it resembles the transformation an image undergoes when it is viewed through a kaleidoscope, or an arrangement of mirrors. This book gives a complete classification of all finite groups which are generated by unitary reflections, using the method of line systems. Irreducible groups are studied in detail, and are identified with finite linear groups. The new invariant theoretic proof of Steinberg's fixed point theorem is treated fully. The same approach is used to develop the theory of eigenspaces of elements of reflection groups and their twisted analogues. This includes an extension of Springer's theory of regular elements to reflection cosets. An appendix outlines links to representation theory, topology and mathematical physics. Containing over 100 exercises, ranging in difficulty from elementary to research level, this book is ideal for honours and graduate students, or for researchers in algebra, topology and mathematical physics. Book jacket.
Download or read book Algebraic Groups and Lie Groups written by Gus Lehrer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-23 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains original research articles by many of the world's leading researchers in algebraic and Lie groups. Its inclination is algebraic and geometic, although analytical aspects are included. The central theme reflects the interests of R. W. Richardson, viz connections between representation theory and the structure and geometry of algebraic groups. All workers on algebraic and Lie groups will find that this book contains a wealth of interesting material.
Download or read book Quantum Groups written by Ross Street and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Algebra has moved well beyond the topics discussed in standard undergraduate texts on 'modern algebra'. Those books typically dealt with algebraic structures such as groups, rings and fields: still very important concepts! However Quantum Groups: A Path to Current Algebra is written for the reader at ease with at least one such structure and keen to learn algebraic concepts and techniques. A key to understanding these new developments is categorical duality. A quantum group is a vector space with structure. Part of the structure is standard: a multiplication making it an 'algebra'. Another part is not in those standard books at all: a comultiplication, which is dual to multiplication in the precise sense of category theory, making it a 'coalgebra'. While coalgebras, bialgebras and Hopf algebras have been around for half a century, the term 'quantum group', along with revolutionary new examples, was launched by Drinfel'd in 1986.
