Symmetric designs are an important class of combinatorial structures which arose first in the statistics and are now especially important in the study of finite geometries.
This book will be of use to professional mathematicians working in algebraic geometry, complex-analytical geometry and, to some extent, differential analysis.
For advanced undergraduates and graduates, introducing physicists to the mathematical aspects of group theory, and mathematicians to its physics applications.
A self-contained introduction to the representation theory of the symmetric groups, including an exhaustive exposition of the Okounkov–Vershik approach.