| Semimodular Lattices: Theory and Applications Contributor(s): Stern, Manfred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521118840 ISBN-13: 9780521118842 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $64.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: A survey of semimodularity that presents theory and applications in discrete mathematics, group theory and universal algebra. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Combinatorics - Mathematics | Discrete Mathematics - Mathematics | Algebra - General |
| Dewey: 511.33 |
| Series: Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.19 lbs) 388 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lattice theory evolved as part of algebra in the nineteenth century through the work of Boole, Peirce and Schröder, and in the first half of the twentieth century through the work of Dedekind, Birkhoff, Ore, von Neumann, Mac Lane, Wilcox, Dilworth, and others. In Semimodular Lattices, Manfred Stern uses successive generalizations of distributive and modular lattices to outline the development of semimodular lattices from Boolean algebras. He focuses on the important theory of semimodularity, its many ramifications, and its applications in discrete mathematics, combinatorics, and algebra. The author surveys and analyzes Birkhoff's concept of semimodularity and the various related concepts in lattice theory, and he presents theoretical results as well as applications in discrete mathematics group theory and universal algebra. Special emphasis is given to the combinatorial aspects of finite semimodular lattices and to the connections between matroids and geometric lattices, antimatroids and locally distributive lattices. The book also deals with lattices that are close to semimodularity or can be combined with semimodularity, for example supersolvable, admissible, consistent, strong, and balanced lattices. Researchers in lattice theory, discrete mathematics, combinatorics, and algebra will find this book valuable. |