Symmetric Designs: An Algebraic Approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521286930)

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.

Author: Eric S. Lander
ISBN-10: 052128693X
ISBN-13: 9780521286930
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/20/1983
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.23h x 5.83w x 0.83d