Representations of Finite Chevalley Groups A Survey

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764 Bhama Srinivasan

Representations of Finite Chevalley Groups A Survey

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1979

Author B h a m a Srinivasan D e p a r t m e n t of M a t h e m a t i c s C l a r k University W o r c e s t e r , M a s s a c h u s e t t s 01610 USA

A M S S u b j e c t C l a s s i f i c a t i o n s (1970): 2 0 C 1 5 , 2 0 G 4 0 ISBN 3 - 5 4 0 - 0 9 7 1 6 - 3 S p r i n g e r - V e r l a g Berlin H e i d e l b e r g N e w Y o r k ISBN 0 - 3 8 7 - 0 9 7 1 6 - 3 S p r i n g e r - V e r l a g N e w Y o r k H e i d e l b e r g Berlin Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Srinivasan, Bhama, 1935Representations of finite Chevalley groups. (Lecture notes in mathematics; 764) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Chevalley groups. 2. Finite groups. 3. Representations of groups. I. Title. II. Series: Lecture notes in mathematics (Berlin); 764. QA3.L28 no. 764 [QA171] 510'.8s [512'.22] 79-26526 ISBN 0-387-09716-3 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks, Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher, © by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1979 Printed in Germany Printing and binding: Beltz Offsetdruck, Hemsbach/Bergstr. 2141/3140-543210

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