Groups and group theory

The despair and incomprehension that often seem to be the only possible response to acts of aggression and violence have led to attempts by academics and writers from a wide variety of backgrounds to understand and explain such behaviour.

The theory of hypergroups is a rapidly developing area of mathematics due to its diverse applications in different areas like probability, harmonic analysis, etc.

The congruences of a lattice form the congruence lattice.

This book deals with the theory of Kac algebras and their dual- ity, elaborated independently by M.

A concise, modern textbook on group theory written especially for physicistsAlthough group theory is a mathematical subject, it is indispensable to many areas of modern theoretical physics, from atomic physics to condensed matter physics, particle physics to string theory.

An accessible introduction to coalgebra, with clear mathematical explanations and numerous examples and exercises.

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Lies, Lying and Liars: A Psychological Analysis delves into the psychology of lies, exploring the processes of lying and its far-reaching consequences.

This volume critically evaluates more than a century of empirical research on the effectiveness of small, task-performing groups, and offers a fresh look at the costs and benefits of collaborative work arrangements.

Near-Rings and Near-Fields opens with three invited lectures on different aspects of the history of near-ring theory.

During the past two decades representations of noncompact Lie groups and Lie algebras have been studied extensively, and their application to other branches of mathematics and to physical sciences has increased enormously.

Mysteries of the Social Brain describes the scientific underpinnings of human behavior and values.

This book collects select papers presented at the International Workshop and Conference on Topology & Applications, held in Kochi, India, from 9-11 December 2018.

Learning and Generalization provides a formal mathematical theory addressing intuitive questions of the type: How does a machine learn a concept on the basis of examples?

This book provides a comprehensive algebraic treatment of hypergroups, as defined by F.

A fundamental object of study in group theory is the lower central series of groups.

The book offers a comprehensive introduction to Leavitt path algebras (LPAs) and graph C*-algebras.

The Mathieu Groups are presented in the context of finite geometry and the theory of group amalgams.

This book gathers together selected contributions presented at the 3rd Moroccan Andalusian Meeting on Algebras and their Applications, held in Chefchaouen, Morocco, April 12-14, 2018, and which reflects the mathematical collaboration between south European and north African countries, mainly France, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal.

This textbook provides an introduction to fundamental concepts of algebra at upper undergraduate to graduate level, covering the theory of rings, fields and modules, as well as the representation theory of finite groups.

In this monograph on twistor theory and its applications to harmonic map theory, a central theme is the interplay between the complex homogeneous geometry of flag manifolds and the real homogeneous geometry of symmetric spaces.

This work provides the first classification theory of matrix-valued symmetry breaking operators from principal series representations of a reductive group to those of its subgroup.

This groundbreaking book provides a refreshing introduction to the field of leadership and is jam-packed with theoretical and practical insights derived from a wealth of applied scientific research conducted by the authors and their colleagues around the world over the last three decades.

Coming Home Your Way offers college and university students returning from an education-abroad experience a wealth of pertinent information, opportunities for meaningful reflection, and practical guidance on making the most of their time abroad.

The issue of psychological security within an increasingly unstable, interconnected world has become a defining challenge of modern individual and cultural life.

This highly readable book aims to ease the many challenges of starting undergraduate research.

The theory of explicit formulas for regularized products and series forms a natural continuation of the analytic theory developed in LNM 1564.

A comprehensive treatment of the representation theory of finite groups of Lie type over a field of the defining prime characteristic.

Dirac operators play an important role in several domains of mathematics and physics, for example: index theory, elliptic pseudodifferential operators, electromagnetism, particle physics, and the representation theory of Lie groups.

This book takes the reader on a mathematical journey, from a number-theoretic point of view, to the realm of Markov's theorem and the uniqueness conjecture, gradually unfolding many beautiful connections until everything falls into place in the proof of Markov's theorem.

In one of the great euphemisms of our time, an embattled President Clinton admitted to an "e;inappropriate relationship"e; with his White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.

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This text presents the basic theory of random walks on infinite, finitely generated groups, along with certain background material in measure-theoretic probability.

This book collects the proceedings of the Algebra, Geometry and Mathematical Physics Conference, held at the University of Haute Alsace, France, October 2011.

The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication examines the multifunctional ways in which seemingly productive communication can be destructive-and vice versa-and explores the many ways in which dysfunctional interpersonal communication operates across a variety of personal relationship contexts.

The Classic Edition of 'Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition', first published in 2006, includes a new introduction by the editors, describing the ongoing relevance of this volume in the context of future challenges for this vital field of study.

The special session on Decision Economics (DECON) is a scientific forum held annually, which is focused on sharing ideas, projects, research results, models, and experiences associated with the complexity of behavioural decision processes and socio-economic phenomena.

This book provides an introduction to the ergodic theory and topological dynamics of actions of countable groups.

Geometric Invariant Theory (GIT) is developed in this text within the context of algebraic geometry over the real and complex numbers.

This textbook demonstrates the strong interconnections between linear algebra and group theory by presenting them simultaneously, a pedagogical strategy ideal for an interdisciplinary audience.

This volume is based on the presentations and discussions of a national symposium on "e;Couples in Conflict"e; that focused on family issues.

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The newly revised edition of this groundbreaking textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the theory, research, and applications of nonverbal communication.

Locked in our worldview communities and polarised through increasingly radical campaigning, we are anxious of today's great uncertainty and our politicians have little incentive to reach across party lines.

The analysis of orthogonal polynomials associated with general weights was a major theme in classical analysis in the twentieth century, and undoubtedly will continue to grow in importance in the future.