Harmonic Analysis on Finite Groups

Representation Theory, Gelfand Pairs and Markov Chains

af Tullio Ceccherini-Silberstein

Line up a deck of 52 cards on a table. How many switches are needed in order to mix up the deck? This graduate-level book develops the mathematical tools to answer such questions, including the representation theory of finite groups, Markov chains, and the noncommutative version of the classical Fourier analysis.