We will survey introductory material on group representation theory, and look at how, even at the elementary stages it is useful in attacking other problems in mathematics.
- References: Serre, Linear Representations of Finite groups; Fulton and Harris, Representation Theory Facility with notions of representations, character, irreducibility, complete reducibility, and the space L^2()
- Prerequisites: abstract algebra, linear algebra
- Meetings: Once per week, September 1 to December 1
- Type: Reading
- Size: Three students
Instructor: David Goldberg, Mathematics, Purdue University
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