Description
In 1963 Walter Feit and John G. Thompson published a proof of a 1911 conjecture by Burnside that every finite group of odd order is solvable. This proof, which ran for 255 pages, was a tour-de-force of mathematics and inspired intense effort to classify finite simple groups. This book presents a revision and expansion of the first half of the proof of the Feit-Thompson theorem. Simpler, more detailed proofs are provided for some intermediate theorems. Recent results are used to shorten other proofs.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
188 pages
Language
English
Published
Mar 29, 2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Editions
4 editions
ISBN-10
0511892853
ISBN-13
9780511892851