Concise introduction to permutation groups, focusing on invariant cartesian decompositions and applications in algebra and combinatorics.

Algebra Colloquium, the quarterly journal of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, carries research articles in the field of pure and applied algebra. It may also include papers from related areas which have applications to algebra.

Provides an outline and modern overview of the classification of the finite simple groups. It primarily covers the 'even case', where the main groups arising are Lie-type (matrix) groups over a field of characteristic 2. The book thus completes a project begun by Daniel Gorenstein's 1983 book, which outlined the classification of groups of 'noncharacteristic 2 type'.