Introduction to Groups

This text/software package is an introduction to the subject of group theory, providing the student with a basic knowledge of this important mathematical topic with applications in many branches of science. Emphasis is on finite groups and the use of permutations to represent the elements. The concepts of subgroups, cosets, conjugacy classes and normal subgroups are introduced and the software allows the construction of all the finite groups up to order 24.Asche, D. is the author of 'Introduction to Groups' with ISBN 9780852743775 and ISBN 0852743777.