Groups and Representations (Graduate Texts in Mathematics #162)

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1. Rudiments of Group Theory.- 1. Review.- 2. Automorphisms.- 3. Group Actions.- 2. The General Linear Group.- 4. Basic Structure.- 5. Parabolic Subgroups.- 6. The Special Linear Group.- 3. Local Structure.- 7. Sylow's Theorem.- 8. Finite p-groups.- 9. The Schur-Zassenhaus Theorem.- 4. Normal Structure.- 10. Composition Series.- 11. Solvable Groups.- 5. Semisimple Algebras.- 12. Modules and Representations.- 13. Wedderburn Theory.- 6. Group Representations.- 14. Characters.- 15. The Character Table.- 16. Induction.- Appendix: Algebraic Integers and Characters.- List of Notation.