The Symmetric Group. Representations, Combinatorial Algorithms, & Symmetric Functions.

Sagan, Bruce E.:

ISBN 10: 0534155405 / ISBN 13: 9780534155407

Published by Wadsworth, Belmont, 1991

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Gr.8°, 197 pp. with index, hardcover (Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole mathematics series). Lang: englisch 1001 g. Seller Inventory # 20571

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Title: The Symmetric Group. Representations, ...

Publisher: Wadsworth, Belmont

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Name on endpaper.

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Synopsis:

This book should be of interest to graduates.

Review:

From the reviews of the second edition:

"This work is an introduction to the representation theory of the symmetric group. Unlike other books on the subject this text deals with the symmetric group from three different points of view: general representation theory, combinatorial algorithms and symmetric functions. ... This book is a digestible text for a graduate student and is also useful for a researcher in the field of algebraic combinatorics for reference." (Attila Maróti, Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum, Vol. 68, 2002)

"A classic gets even better. ... The edition has new material including the Novelli-Pak-Stoyanovskii bijective proof of the hook formula, Stanley’s proof of the sum of squares formula using differential posets, Fomin’s bijective proof of the sum of squares formula, group acting on posets and their use in proving unimodality, and chromatic symmetric functions." (David M. Bressoud, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 964, 2001)