2023/2024

Representations of Finite Groups

Type: Optional course (faculty)

Delivered by: Faculty of Mathematics

When: 1, 2 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Contact hours: 60

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Representation theory is used in many areas of mathematics (algebra, topology, algebraic groups, Lie groups and Lie algebras, quantum groups, algebraic number theory, combinatorics, probability theory, ...), as well as in mathematical physics. Therefore, mastering the basic technique of representation theory is necessary for mathematicians of various specialties. The aim of the course is to give an introduction to representation theory on the material of finite groups. Particular attention will be paid to representations of the symmetric groups.