The Symmetric Group: Representations, Combinatorial Algorithms, and Symmetric Functions

Bruce E. Sagan0387950672, 9780387950679

This text is an introduction to the representation theory of the symmetric group from three different points of view: via general representation theory, via combinatorial algorithms, and via symmetric functions. It is the only book to deal with all three aspects of this subject at once. The style of presentation is relaxed yet rigorous and the prerequisites have been kept to a minimum¿undergraduate courses in linear algebra and group theory will suffice.