Provides a ``holistic'' introduction to representation theory, presenting it as a unified subject which studies representations of associative algebras and treating the representation theories of groups, Lie algebras, and quivers as special cases. Theoretical material is supplemented by problems and exercises which touch upon additional topics. It is designed as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students.
Provides a ``holistic'' introduction to representation theory, presenting it as a unified subject which studies representations of associative algebras and treating the representation theories of groups, Lie algebras, and quivers as special cases. Theoretical material is supplemented by problems and exercises which touch upon additional topics. It is designed as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students.