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A Geometrical Study of the Alternating and Symmetric Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

G. de B. Robinson
Affiliation:
St John's College.

Extract

Let a finite group Τ be represented as an irreducible group of order N of linear substitutions on n variables,

The variables may be chosen so that the substitutions of the group leave invariant the Hermitian form

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1929

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