Biggs, Norman L.,
Permutation Groups and Combinatorial Structures / Permutation Groups & Combinatorial Structures Norman L. Biggs, A. T. White. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1979. - 1 online resource (152 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series ; no. 33 . - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series ; no. 33. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Oct 2015).
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.
9780511600739 (ebook)
Permutation groups
Combinatorial analysis
QA171 / .B564 1979
512/.2
Permutation Groups and Combinatorial Structures / Permutation Groups & Combinatorial Structures Norman L. Biggs, A. T. White. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1979. - 1 online resource (152 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series ; no. 33 . - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series ; no. 33. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Oct 2015).
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.
9780511600739 (ebook)
Permutation groups
Combinatorial analysis
QA171 / .B564 1979
512/.2