Table of Contents

Preface; 1. General representation theory; 2. Complex characters; 3. Suzuki's theory of exceptional characters; 4. Coherence and exceptional characters; 5. The characterisation of characters; 6. Isometries; Appendix: Glauberman's Z*-theorem; References; Index of notation; Index.

Promotional Information

Representation theory and character theory have proved essential in the study of finite simple groups since their early development by Frobenius.

Reviews

"The value of this book lies not in its encyclopedic approach to the subject...nor in its plethora of examples--the text is written concisely. The text's greatest attraction lies in its novel approach to the theory in light of the classification problem." Mark Steven Mazur, American Mathematical Monthly