Symmetric Functions And Hall Polynomials - POD TITLE

Zusatztext ...In addition to providing a self-contained and coherent account of well-known and classical work, there is a great deal which is original. The book is dotted with gems, both old and new...It is a substantial and valuable volume and will be regarded as the authoritative source which has been long awaited in this subject. Informationen zum Autor Professor Ian Grant Macdonald, Emeritus Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS. Tel: [phone]; fax: [phone]. Professor Macdonald is a series editor for the Oxford Mathematical Monographs series, and is a key speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians 1998. Klappentext This second edition updates and expands the acclaimed first edition! adding a new chapter on a family of symmetric functions depending rationally on two parameters and also a chapter on zonal polynomials. It is available for the first time in paperback. Zusammenfassung This second edition updates and expands the acclaimed first edition, adding a new chapter on a family of symmetric functions depending rationally on two parameters and also a chapter on zonal polynomials. It is available for the first time in paperback. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Symmetric Functions 2: Hall Polynomials 3: Hall-Littlewood symmetric functions 4: The Characters of GL[xn over a finite field 5: The Hecke ring of GL[xn over a local field 6: Symmetric functions with two parameters 7: Zonal polynomials Notation Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: I. G. Macdonald, I.G. MacDonald, Macdonald I. G.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.07.1998
• EAN: 9780198504504
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850450-4
• No. of pages: 486
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Oxford Mathematical Monographs; Oxford Mathematical Monographs
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); MATHEMATICS / Group Theory, MATHEMATICS / Mathematical Analysis, MATHEMATICS / Combinatorics, Combinatorics & graph theory, Groups & group theory, Calculus & mathematical analysis, Calculus and mathematical analysis, Groups and group theory, Combinatorics and graph theory