Explicit Brauer Induction: With Applications to Algebra and Number Theory (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 40)

Snaith, Victor P.

ISBN 10: 0521460158 / ISBN 13: 9780521460156

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1995

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• Title: Explicit Brauer Induction: With Applications to Algebra and Number Theory (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 40)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521460158
• ISBN 13: 9780521460156
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: New
• Weight: 26 ounces

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Synopsis

Explicit Brauer Induction is a new and important technique in algebra, discovered by the author in 1986. It solves an old problem, giving a canonical formula for Brauer's induction theorem. In this book it is derived algebraically, following a method of R. Boltje--thereby making the technique, previously topological, accessible to algebraists. Once developed, the technique is used, by way of illustration, to reprove some important known results in new ways and to settle some outstanding problems. As with Brauer's original result, the canonical formula can be expected to have numerous applications and this book is designed to introduce research algebraists to its possibilities. For example, the technique gives an improved construction of the Oliver-Taylor group-ring logarithm, which enables the author to study more effectively algebraic and number-theoretic questions connected with class-groups of rings.

Book Description

Explicit Brauer Induction is an important technique in algebra, discovered by the author in 1986. It solves an old problem, giving a canonical formula for Brauer's induction theorem. In this 1994 book it is derived algebraically, following a method of R. Boltje - thereby making the technique, previously topological, accessible to algebraists.