Algebra IV: Infinite Groups. Linear Groups

by Igor R. Shafarevich, A.E. Zalesskij, A.L. Shmel'kin, et al.

Book Overview

Group theory is one of the most fundamental branches of mathematics. This volume of the Encyclopaedia is devoted to two important subjects within group theory. The first part of the book is concerned with infinite groups. The authors deal with combinatorial group theory, free constructions through group actions on trees, algorithmic problems, periodic groups and the Burnside problem, and the structure theory for Abelian, soluble and nilpotent groups...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642081002
• ISBN13: 9783642081002
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"