Symmetric Designs: An Algebraic Approach (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Series Number 74) - Softcover

Lander, Eric S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052128693X ISBN 13: 9780521286930

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Symmetric designs are an important class of combinatorial structures which arose first in the statistics and are now especially important in the study of finite geometries. This book presents some of the algebraic techniques that have been brought to bear on the question of existence, construction and symmetry of symmetric designs – including methods inspired by the algebraic theory of coding and by the representation theory of finite groups – and includes many results. Rich in examples and containing over 100 problems, the text also provides an introduction to many of the modern algebraic approaches used, through six lengthy appendices and supplementary problems. The book will be of interest to both combinatorialists and algebraists, and could be used as a course text for a graduate course.

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Book Description

Symmetric designs are an important class of combinatorial structures which arose first in the statistics and are now especially important in the study of finite geometries. This book presents some of the algebraic techniques that have been brought to bear on the question of existence, construction and symmetry of symmetric designs and includes many results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052128693X
• ISBN 13: 9780521286930
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320