Following the basic ideas, standard constructions and important examples in the theory of permutation groups, the book goes on to develop the combinatorial and

Finite Permutation Groups provides an introduction to the basic facts of both the theory of abstract finite groups and the theory of permutation groups. This bo

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The subject of this book is the action of permutation groups on sets associated with combinatorial structures. Each chapter deals with a particular structure: g

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