Local Representation Theory: Modular Representations as an Introduction to the Local Representation Theory of Finite Groups (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 11) - Hardcover

Alperin, J. L.

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Synopsis

Representation theory has applications to number theory, combinatorics and many areas of algebra. The aim of this text is to present some of the key results in the representation theory of finite groups by concentrating on local representation theory, and emphasizing module theory throughout.

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Representation theory has applications to number theory, combinatorics and many areas of algebra. The aim of this text is to present some of the key results in the representation theory of finite groups by concentrating on local representation theory, and emphasizing module theory throughout.

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"...a beautifully written book. Anyone wishing to learn the fundamental facts of Brauer's theory of blocks cannot do better than to begin his [or her] study with this text." Bulletin of The London Mathematical Society

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