Download or read book Group Theory in China written by Zhexian Wan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hsio-Fu Tuan is a Chinese mathematician who has made important contributions to the theories of both finite groups and Lie groups. He has also had a great influence on the development of algebra, and particularly group theory in China. The present volume consists of a collection of essays on various aspects of group theory written by some of his former students and colleagues in honour of his 80th birthday. The papers contain the main general results, as well as recent ones, on certain topics within this discipline. The chief editor, Zhe-Xian Wan, is a leading algebraist in China.