Introduction to algebra. Part 3: Fundamental structures of algebra.
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 0969.08001
author: A. I. Kostrikin
publication date: 2001-07-05T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 08-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 12-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A05
zbMATH DE Number: 1614578
zbMATH Keywords: groups
zbMATH Keywords: rings
zbMATH Keywords: fields
zbMATH Keywords: linear representations
zbMATH Keywords: Galois theory
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title: Introduction to algebra. Part 3: Fundamental structures of algebra.
review text: The book is Volume 3 of a trilogy [Volume 1: Basic algebra (2000; Zbl 0954.15001), Volume 2: Linear algebra (2000; Zbl 0954.15002)], written by the prominent Russian mathematician A. I. Kostrikin. The trilogy is intended for students with majors in mathematics and applied mathematics. It covers some algebraic courses, delivered at the Moscow State University. The links between algebra and other sections of mathematics play an important part and are established permanently to a considerable extent. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book consists of five chapters (1. Group-theoretic constructions; 2. Structure of groups; 3. Elements of representation theory; 4. Rings and modules; 5. Principles of Galois theory) and Appendix. Presentation of results is essentially based on constructions developed in Volumes 1 and 2. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn Chapter 1 the notion of a group is systematically developed. Interrelations between classical groups of small dimensions (\(\text{SO}(2), \text{SO}(3), \text{SU}(2), \text{U}(2), \text{Sp}(1)\)) are established. Basic properties of cosets, actions of groups on sets (homomorphism \(G \to S ( \Omega)\), orbits, stationary subgroups), factor groups (theorems of homomorphisms, derived subgroups, products of groups, generators, defining relations) are introduced and illustrated via important examples (associated actions, translations, transitive groups). The structure of cyclic groups is described. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEChapter 2 is devoted to a systematic investigation of some important classes of groups (solvable, simple, Sylow's \(p\)-groups, finitely generated abelian groups, linear Lie groups). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn Chapter 3 linear representations of groups are studied systematically. Basic properties of unitarity, complete decomposition, characters and irreducible representations are investigated. Representations of \(\text{GL}(n,K)\), \(\text{O}(n)\), \(\text{S}_{n}\), \((Z,+)\), \(\text{SU}(2)\), \(\text{SO}(3)\) are illustrated. Orders …
reviewed by: V. G. Skobelev
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