A course on finite groups. (Q1036137)

This book is an introduction to the finite group theory for undergraduate and beginning graduate mathematicians. The contents of the printed Chapters 1 to 12, Appendices A to E, the Web Chapters 13 and 14, and the Web Solution Appendix are following. Ch. 1 -- Introduction -- The Group Concept, Ch. 2 -- Elementary Group Properties, Ch. 3 -- Group Construction and Representation, Ch. 4 -- Homomorphisms, Ch. 5 -- Action and the Orbit-Stabilizer Theorem, Ch. 6 -- \(p\)-Groups and Sylow theory, Ch. 7 -- Products and Abelian Groups, Ch. 8 -- Groups of Order 24, Three Examples, Ch. 9 -- Series, Jordan-Hölder Theorem and Extension Problem, Ch. 10 -- Nilpotency, Ch. 11 -- Solvability, Ch. 12 -- Simple Groups of Order Less than 10000, App. A -- Set Theory, App. B -- Number Theory, App. C -- Data on Groups of Order 24, App. D -- Numbers of Groups of Order up to 520, App. E -- Representations of Groups with Order \(<10000\), Web Ch. 13 -- Representation and Character Theory, Web Ch. 14 -- Character Tables and Theorems of Burnside and Frobenius, Web Solution Appendix -- Answer and Solutions, Problems 2 to 12, A and B.