Infinite Permutation Groups
Abstract
This is a transcript of a lecture course on Infinite Permutation Groups given by Peter M. Neumann (1940-2020) in Oxford during the academic year 1988-1989. The field of Infinite Permutation Groups only emerged as an independent field of study in the 1980's. Most of the results described in these notes were at the time of the lectures brand new and had either just recently appeared in print or had not appeared formally. A large part of the results described is either due to Peter himself or heavily influenced by him. These notes offer Peter's personal take on a field that he was instrumental in creating and in many cases ideas and questions that can not be found in the published literature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2307.11564,
title = {Infinite Permutation Groups},
author = {Peter M. Neumann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.11564},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
The text of [v1] and [v2] is identical. [v1] is formatted so that each new lecture starts at a right hand page (127+v pages) and [v2] is formatted without all the extra page breaks (93+v pages). Edited by David A. Craven (Birmingham), Dugald Macpherson (Leeds) and R\"ognvaldur G. M\"oller (Reykjav\'ik). Comments and corrections can be sent to R\"oggi M\"oller ([email protected])