GROUP THEORY

BURNSIDE, WILLIAM.

Theory of Groups of Finite Order.

Cambridge, University Press, 1897. 8vo. Original publishers cloth with gilt spine lettering. Extremeties slightly worn, else fine. Owners signature on front free end paper. Other wise clean throughout. Uncut, mostly unopend. A fine copy. XVI,388 pp. Text illustrated.

First edition. "With hope of stirring up interest in group theory in England, Burnside published his 'Theory of Groups' in 1897. It was the first treatise on groups in English and also the first to develop the theory from the modern standpoint of abstract groups vis à vis permutation groups, ..." (Dictionary of Scientific Biography). This book was to have a major influence in the development of group theory. In 1899 Burnside was elected to the Council of the London Mathematical Society and in the same year the Society awarded him the De Morgan medal. He was to be President of the Society from 1906 to 1908 and continued to serve on the Council until 1917.

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