--- product_id: 8904089 title: "Representation Theory: A First Course (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 129)" brand: "william fultonjoe harris" price: "€ 103.03" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8904089-representation-theory-a-first-course-graduate-texts-in-mathematics-129 store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Representation Theory: A First Course (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 129) **Brand:** william fultonjoe harris **Price:** € 103.03 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Representation Theory: A First Course (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 129) by william fultonjoe harris - **How much does it cost?** € 103.03 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8904089-representation-theory-a-first-course-graduate-texts-in-mathematics-129) ## Best For - william fultonjoe harris enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted william fultonjoe harris brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Representation Theory: A First Course (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 129) ## Images ![Representation Theory: A First Course (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 129) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/415PtX9GyOL.jpg) ![Representation Theory: A First Course (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 129) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41nXT0VyBHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow. *by J***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 3, 2019* This book is insanely huge and insanely in-depth. I'm still just barely skimming the surface of the material, but I'm loving the book itself. Great appendices to help the reader catch up with the basic material needed to undertake what's to come. Useful "solutions to selected problems" section. I love the lay-out of the sections, too. Every subject is broken up into manageable/digestible sections (or, at least, as manageable as a book on the subject can hope to be).I've never taken a course in Representation Theory, so I thought this might be a good book to check out to get the basics on a subject that I have some interest in pursuing more in depth at some point. Thankfully, that's exactly what the authours intended this book to be (they even say as much in the introduction)!I'm definitely plodding my way through the material, but it's a fun book to take a bit at a time on one's own time and at one's own pace. Honestly, if I were using this text in a class with a finite amount of time to cover the material, I'm pretty sure I'd feel overwhelmed because it IS dense and it DOES leave a lot "left to the reader" (that dreaded phrase!). But all in all, this struck me as one of the most solid and in-depth entry-level Representation Theory texts from the selection I perused before making a purchasing choice. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Thorough and strong in content; remarkably unfriendly *by N***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 5, 2011* This is the book that seems to have everything. Written by two of the masters with such ambition as to cover representations of finite groups, representations of Lie algebras, together with countless detailed examples (and many pictures to boot!), what could go wrong?Within the first few pages, though, you should begin to feel that something is amiss. Proofs and arguments are almost always incomplete. Details are never provided under any circumstances. Example computations are beautiful and swift, but usually rely on an understanding that is deeper than actually presented in the text, using lemmas not present anywhere in the entire volume. They are the sorts of computations which, if included on a homework assignment and graded by someone well-versed in the subject, would get at most half the marks with several copies of the comment "yes, but you need to explain why." Nearly half the subject, you will realize after close analysis, is just left to the reader. The authors also supplement the instruction with an annoying delusion that the entire book is trivial; they will repeatedly tell you that everything here is trivial, easy, or immediate, but they will never acknowledge anything as being hard. Not only is this of course wrong, but it's disrespectful to their brilliant predecessors who toiled day and night to bring to them these apparently trivial truths.This is an exceptionally dangerous book to learn from. It's the sort of book that makes you think you understand the details when in fact you have no idea what you're talking about. It makes you think something's trivial or simple when it actually requires some clever thinking. Given the book's length, it is clear that the authors were simply too ambitious. One (or, evidently, two!) cannot cover this range of material in appropriate detail and with due care to the reader without violating all reasonable restrictions on how fat and bloated any single volume should permit itself to become before giving into gluttonous sin.This book isn't all bad, though. It makes a decent reference due to its ambition. There are some nice pictures. And the methods of computation really are nice--just don't think you understand them if you haven't written pages of extra notes filling in the gaps.Vinberg's Linear Representations of Groups is a much superior treatment of the basics of the subject. After using Fulton and Harris's book, you may be surprised to see how much more space it takes Vinberb to cover what Fulton and Harris annihilate in a few pages or even paragraphs here. And then you will realize how frail and weak the treatment of individual topics actually is in the present book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ good example driven supplement *by S***M on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 21, 2013* I first read this book when I was transitioning from undergraduate to graduate school. It is example-driven and the general theory is difficult to find, but I think when coupled with a more theory-driven book like Humphreys' _Introduction to Lie Algebras and Representation Theory_ it can make a very nice companion. In fact, reading these two books is how I began to learn about representation theory of semisimple complex Lie algebras / groups.Some of the material (like Weyl's construction for irreducible representations of the orthogonal and symplectic groups) in Fulton-Harris is not readily found in other introductory books so I appreciated that it gave me exposure to topics that might otherwise only be found in research papers. Even after finishing my PhD (which did use the material in this book), I continue to find myself using this book as a reference. ## Frequently Bought Together - Representation Theory: A First Course: 129 (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) - Algebraic Topology - An Introduction to Manifolds: 0 (Universitext) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8904089-representation-theory-a-first-course-graduate-texts-in-mathematics-129](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8904089-representation-theory-a-first-course-graduate-texts-in-mathematics-129) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*