1. Tate’s theorem 2 Exercises 5 2. Introduction to group schemes 5 Definition (as a functor) 6 Definition (as a group object) 6 Examples of group schemes 8 Rank and the augmentation ideal 9 Subgroup schemes, morphisms and kernels 11 Diagonalizable group schemes 13 Constant group schemes 14 Exercises 14 3. Duality and Deligne’s theorem 16 Cartier duality 16 Deligne’s theorem 19 Exercises 22 4. É...

In the preface of Finite Group Theory the author, I. Martin Isaacs, states that his principal reason for writing the book was to expose students to the beauty of the subject. Finite group theory is indeed a subject which has both beautiful theory and beautiful examples. The simplicity and elegance of the group axioms have made group theory an almost universal choice as a starting point in the t...