Books by Larry Smith

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This is a book about the invariant theory of finite groups, written by an algebraic topologist. It illustrates the theorems by applying them to concrete cases, and examines several basic ideas and problems of invariant theory in the context of some elementary examples.

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This popular and successful text was originally written for a one-semester course in linear algebra at the sophomore undergraduate level. A compact, but mathematically clean introduction to linear algebra with particular emphasis on topics in abstract algebra, the theory of differential equations, and group representation theory.