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Symmetric design: an algebraic approach

By Eric S. Lander

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1983
ISBN
9780521286930, 052128693X
LCC
QA166.25 .L36 1983
Open Library ID
OL3489971M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
6 MB (6622713 bytes)
Series
London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series
Pages
158\158
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
mexmat
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

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 presents some of the algebraic techniques that have been brought to bear on the question of existence, construction and symmetry of symmetric designs - including methods inspired by the algebraic theory of coding and by the representation theory of finite groups - and includes many results. Rich in examples and containing over 100 problems, the text also provides an introduction to many of the modern algebraic approaches used, through six lengthy appendices and supplementary problems. The book will be of interest to both combinatorialists and algebraists, and could be used as a course text for a graduate course.

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