Visual Group Theory (Classroom Resource Materials) - Softcover

Nathan Carter (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1470464330 ISBN 13: 9781470464332

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2009

Synopsis

Recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's Beckenbach Book Prize in 2012!

Group theory is the branch of mathematics that studies symmetry, found in crystals, art, architecture, music and many other contexts, but its beauty is lost on students when it is taught in a technical style that is difficult to understand. Visual Group Theory assumes only a high school mathematics background and covers a typical undergraduate course in group theory from a thoroughly visual perspective. The more than 300 illustrations in Visual Group Theory bring groups, subgroups, homomorphisms, products, and quotients into clear view. Every topic and theorem is accompanied with a visual demonstration of its meaning and import, from the basics of groups and subgroups through advanced structural concepts such as semidirect products and Sylow theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1470464330
• ISBN 13: 9781470464332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 295