Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 208 pages
- Published by: Springer October 25, 1988
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0387966757
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0387966755
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Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 1 pounds
Review
"Overall, the author's plan, to base his treatment on the premise that groups and symmetry go together, is a very good one, and the book deserves to succeed." --
MATHEMATICAL REVIEWSM.A. Armstrong
Groups and Symmetry "This book is a gentle introductory text on group theory and its application to the measurement of symmetry. It covers most of the material that one might expect to see in an undergraduate course . . . The theory is amplified, exemplified and properly related to what this part of algebra is really for by discussion of a wide variety of geometrical phenomena in which groups measure symmetry. Overall, the author’s plan, to base his treatment on the premise that groups and symmetry go together, is a very good one, and the book deserves to succeed.
"—MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS
Reader Reviews
This was the textbook for my first course in abstract algebra and the first "yellow book" that I read. I found it an excellent book: rather than starting with axioms and dryly deriving everything, it gets one to contemplate the meaning and motivation behind the axioms. This book will encourage you to play around with mathematics on paper and in your mind, helping you to get a concrete feel for a subject that many people view as painfully abstract.
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