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LMS: 33 Permutation Groups
Author(s): Norman L. Biggs (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: 21 Aug. 2008
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 152 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780521222877
- ISBN-13: 0521222877
Book Description
The subject of this book is the action of permutation groups on sets associated with combinatorial structures. Each chapter deals with a particular structure: groups, geometries, designs, graphs and maps respectively. A unifying theme for the first four chapters is the construction of finite simple groups. In the fifth chapter, a theory of maps on orientable surfaces is developed within a combinatorial framework. This simplifies and extends the existing literature in the field. The book is designed both as a course text and as a reference book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. A feature is the set of carefully constructed projects, intended to give the reader a deeper understanding of the subject.
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Book Description
The subject of this book is the action of permutation groups on sets associated with combinatorial structures.
