A gathering of groups

Ian Stewart ()
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Ian Stewart: University of Warwick

Nature, 2000, vol. 403, issue 6771, 719-720

Abstract: Group theory is the mathematics of symmetry, and symmetry is fundamental to many areas of science, including quantum mechanics. Much is already known about the basic building blocks of the so-called finite groups, but mathematicians have now finished the gargantuan task of listing almost everything that can be built with them. The results highlight the striking irregularity of the group-theory landscape.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35001708

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