Visual group theory
Nathan C Carter
Visual group theory /Nathan C Carter - Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America , ©2009. - xiii, 297 pages ;27 cm. - Classroom resource materials (Unnumbered) .
What is a group? --
What do groups look like? --
Why study groups? --
Algebra at last --
Five families --
Subgroups --
Products and quotients --
The power of homomorphisms --
Sylow theory --
Galois theory --
Answers to selected exercises.
This text approaches the learning of group theory visually. It allows the student to see groups, experiment with groups and understand their significance. It brings groups, subgroups, homomorphisms, products, and quotients into clear view. Every topic and theorem is accompanied with a visual demonstration of its meaning and import, from the basics of groups and subgroups through advanced structural concepts such as semidirect products and Sylow theory. Opening chapters anchor the reader's intuitions with puzzles and symmetrical objects, defining groups as collections of actions. This approach gives early access to Cayley diagrams, the visualization technique central to the book, due to its unique ability to make group structure visually evident.
9780883857571
Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)LTD. ;7/22,Anasri Road, Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002
Mathematics
Group theory
512.2 CAR
Visual group theory /Nathan C Carter - Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America , ©2009. - xiii, 297 pages ;27 cm. - Classroom resource materials (Unnumbered) .
What is a group? --
What do groups look like? --
Why study groups? --
Algebra at last --
Five families --
Subgroups --
Products and quotients --
The power of homomorphisms --
Sylow theory --
Galois theory --
Answers to selected exercises.
This text approaches the learning of group theory visually. It allows the student to see groups, experiment with groups and understand their significance. It brings groups, subgroups, homomorphisms, products, and quotients into clear view. Every topic and theorem is accompanied with a visual demonstration of its meaning and import, from the basics of groups and subgroups through advanced structural concepts such as semidirect products and Sylow theory. Opening chapters anchor the reader's intuitions with puzzles and symmetrical objects, defining groups as collections of actions. This approach gives early access to Cayley diagrams, the visualization technique central to the book, due to its unique ability to make group structure visually evident.
9780883857571
Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)LTD. ;7/22,Anasri Road, Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002
Mathematics
Group theory
512.2 CAR
