小瓦尔迪默•奥兰多•基（Valdimer Orlando Key, Jr.），美国著名政治学家。先后任教于加州大学洛杉矶分校、霍普金斯大学、耶鲁大学、哈佛大学，曾担任美国政治学会主席。主要著作有《政治、政党和压力集团》、《南方政治：州和国家》（Southern Politics in States and Nation）、《公共舆论与美国民主》（Public Opinion and American Democracy）等。

This graduate textbook presents a concrete and up-to-date introduction to the theory of Coxeter groups. The book is self-contained, making it suitable either for courses and seminars or for self-study. The first part is devoted to establishing concrete examples. Finite reflection groups acting on Euclidean spaces are discussed, and the first part ends with the construction of t...(展开全部)

Ever since the concepts of Galois groups in algebra and fundamental groups in topology emerged during the nineteenth century, mathematicians have known of the strong analogies between the two concepts. This book presents the connection starting at an elementary level, showing how the judicious use of algebraic geometry gives access to the powerful interplay between algebra and ...(展开全部)

This is a gentle introduction to the vocabulary and many of the highlights of elementary group theory. Written in an informal style, the material is divided into short sections, each of which deals with an important result or a new idea. Includes more than 300 exercises and approximately 60 illustrations.

This is a gentle introduction to the vocabulary and many of the highlights of elementary group theory. Written in an informal style, the material is divided into short sections, each of which deals with an important result or a new idea. Includes more than 300 exercises and approximately 60 illustrations.

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, England

Factionalism and internal division is a cross that virtually all dominant political parties operating in representative democracies have to bear. In this book, Dr Boucek seeks to explain how this inherent factionalism that has caused the downfall of many political leaders can also prolong office tenure by containing conflict and preventing the exit of party dissidents. By surve...(展开全部)