Download or read book Groups of Prime Power Order Volume 5 written by Yakov G. Berkovich and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth volume of a comprehensive and elementary treatment of finite p-group theory. Topics covered in this volume include theory of linear algebras and Lie algebras. The book contains many dozens of original exercises (with difficult exercises being solved) and a list of about 900 research problems and themes.
Download or read book Groups of Prime Power Order Volume 6 written by Yakov G. Berkovich and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the sixth volume of a comprehensive and elementary treatment of finite group theory. This volume contains many hundreds of original exercises (including solutions for the more difficult ones) and an extended list of about 1000 open problems. The current book is based on Volumes 1–5 and it is suitable for researchers and graduate students working in group theory.
Download or read book Groups of Prime Power Order Volume 2 written by Yakov Berkovich and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of three volumes devoted to elementary finite p-group theory. Similar to the first volume, hundreds of important results are analyzed and, in many cases, simplified. Important topics presented in this monograph include: (a) classification of p-groups all of whose cyclic subgroups of composite orders are normal, (b) classification of 2-groups with exactly three involutions, (c) two proofs of Ward's theorem on quaternion-free groups, (d) 2-groups with small centralizers of an involution, (e) classification of 2-groups with exactly four cyclic subgroups of order 2n > 2, (f) two new proofs of Blackburn's theorem on minimal nonmetacyclic groups, (g) classification of p-groups all of whose subgroups of index p2 are abelian, (h) classification of 2-groups all of whose minimal nonabelian subgroups have order 8, (i) p-groups with cyclic subgroups of index p2 are classified. This volume contains hundreds of original exercises (with all difficult exercises being solved) and an extended list of about 700 open problems. The book is based on Volume 1, and it is suitable for researchers and graduate students of mathematics with a modest background on algebra.
Download or read book Groups of Prime Power Order Volume 3 written by Yakov Berkovich and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume of a comprehensive and elementary treatment of finite p-group theory. Topics covered in this volume: impact of minimal nonabelian subgroups on the structure of p-groups, classification of groups all of whose nonnormal subgroups have the same order, degrees of irreducible characters of p-groups associated with finite algebras, groups covered by few proper subgroups, p-groups of element breadth 2 and subgroup breadth 1, exact number of subgroups of given order in a metacyclic p-group, soft subgroups, p-groups with a maximal elementary abelian subgroup of order p2, p-groups generated by certain minimal nonabelian subgroups, p-groups in which certain nonabelian subgroups are 2-generator. The book contains many dozens of original exercises (with difficult exercises being solved) and a list of about 900 research problems and themes.
Download or read book Classifying the Absolute Toral Rank Two Case written by Helmut Strade and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of classifying the finite dimensional simple Lie algebras over fields of characteristic p > 0 is a long standing one. Work on this question has been directed by the Kostrikin Shafarevich Conjecture of 1966, which states that over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 5 a finite dimensional restricted simple Lie algebra is classical or of Cartan type. This conjecture was proved for p > 7 by Block and Wilson in 1988. The generalization of the Kostrikin-Shafarevich Conjecture for the general case of not necessarily restricted Lie algebras and p > 7 was announced in 1991 by Strade and Wilson and eventually proved by Strade in 1998. The final Block-Wilson-Strade-Premet Classification Theorem is a landmark result of modern mathematics and can be formulated as follows: Every simple finite dimensional simple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 3 is of classical, Cartan, or Melikian type. This is the second part of a three-volume book about the classification of the simple Lie algebras over algebraically closed fields of characteristic > 3. The first volume contains the methods, examples and a first classification result. This second volume presents insight in the structure of tori of Hamiltonian and Melikian algebras. Based on sandwich element methods due to A. I. Kostrikin and A. A. Premet and the investigations of filtered and graded Lie algebras, a complete proof for the classification of absolute toral rank 2 simple Lie algebras over algebraically closed fields of characteristic > 3 is given. Contents Tori in Hamiltonian and Melikian algebras 1-sections Sandwich elements and rigid tori Towards graded algebras The toral rank 2 case
Download or read book Structure Theory written by Helmut Strade and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of classifying the finite dimensional simple Lie algebras over fields of characteristic p > 0 is a long-standing one. Work on this question has been directed by the Kostrikin-Shafarevich Conjecture of 1966, which states that over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 5 a finite dimensional restricted simple Lie algebra is classical or of Cartan type. This conjecture was proved for p > 7 by Block and Wilson in 1988. The generalization of the Kostrikin-Shafarevich Conjecture for the general case of not necessarily restricted Lie algebras and p > 7 was announced in 1991 by Strade and Wilson and eventually proved by Strade in 1998. The final Block-Wilson-Strade-Premet Classification Theorem is a landmark result of modern mathematics and can be formulated as follows: Every simple finite dimensional simple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 3 is of classical, Cartan, or Melikian type. In the three-volume book, the author is assembling the proof of the Classification Theorem with explanations and references. The goal is a state-of-the-art account on the structure and classification theory of Lie algebras over fields of positive characteristic. This first volume is devoted to preparing the ground for the classification work to be performed in the second and third volumes. The concise presentation of the general theory underlying the subject matter and the presentation of classification results on a subclass of the simple Lie algebras for all odd primes will make this volume an invaluable source and reference for all research mathematicians and advanced graduate students in algebra. The second edition is corrected. Contents Toral subalgebras in p-envelopes Lie algebras of special derivations Derivation simple algebras and modules Simple Lie algebras Recognition theorems The isomorphism problem Structure of simple Lie algebras Pairings of induced modules Toral rank 1 Lie algebras
Download or read book Groups of Prime Power Order Volume 1 written by Yakov Berkovich and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of three volumes of a comprehensive and elementary treatment of finite p-group theory. Topics covered in this monograph include: (a) counting of subgroups, with almost all main counting theorems being proved, (b) regular p-groups and regularity criteria, (c) p-groups of maximal class and their numerous characterizations, (d) characters of p-groups, (e) p-groups with large Schur multiplier and commutator subgroups, (f) (p‒1)-admissible Hall chains in normal subgroups, (g) powerful p-groups, (h) automorphisms of p-groups, (i) p-groups all of whose nonnormal subgroups are cyclic, (j) Alperin's problem on abelian subgroups of small index. The book is suitable for researchers and graduate students of mathematics with a modest background on algebra. It also contains hundreds of original exercises (with difficult exercises being solved) and a comprehensive list of about 700 open problems.
Download or read book Groups of Prime Power Order Volume 4 written by Yakov G. Berkovich and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth volume of a comprehensive and elementary treatment of finite p-group theory. As in the previous volumes, minimal nonabelian p-groups play an important role. Topics covered in this volume include: subgroup structure of metacyclic p-groups Ishikawa’s theorem on p-groups with two sizes of conjugate classes p-central p-groups theorem of Kegel on nilpotence of H p-groups partitions of p-groups characterizations of Dedekindian groups norm of p-groups p-groups with 2-uniserial subgroups of small order The book also contains hundreds of original exercises and solutions and a comprehensive list of more than 500 open problems. This work is suitable for researchers and graduate students with a modest background in algebra.
Download or read book Complementation of Normal Subgroups written by Joseph Kirtland and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the Schur-Zassenhaus theorem, this monograph documents a wide variety of results concerning complementation of normal subgroups in finite groups. The contents cover a wide range of material from reduction theorems and subgroups in the derived and lower nilpotent series to abelian normal subgroups and formations. Contents Prerequisites The Schur-Zassenhaus theorem: A bit of history and motivation Abelian and minimal normal subgroups Reduction theorems Subgroups in the chief series, derived series, and lower nilpotent series Normal subgroups with abelian sylow subgroups The formation generation Groups with specific classes of subgroups complemented
Download or read book Finer Thermodynamic Formalism Distance Expanding Maps and Countable State Subshifts of Finite Type Conformal GDMSs Lasota Yorke Maps and Fractal Geometry written by Mariusz Urbański and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains a detailed treatment of thermodynamic formalism on general compact metrizable spaces. Topological pressure, topological entropy, variational principle, and equilibrium states are presented in detail. Abstract ergodic theory is also given a significant attention. Ergodic theorems, ergodicity, and Kolmogorov-Sinai metric entropy are fully explored. Furthermore, the book gives the reader an opportunity to find rigorous presentation of thermodynamic formalism for distance expanding maps and, in particular, subshifts of finite type over a finite alphabet. It also provides a fairly complete treatment of subshifts of finite type over a countable alphabet. Transfer operators, Gibbs states and equilibrium states are, in this context, introduced and dealt with. Their relations are explored. All of this is applied to fractal geometry centered around various versions of Bowen’s formula in the context of expanding conformal repellors, limit sets of conformal iterated function systems and conformal graph directed Markov systems. A unique introduction to iteration of rational functions is given with emphasize on various phenomena caused by rationally indifferent periodic points. Also, a fairly full account of the classicaltheory of Shub’s expanding endomorphisms is given; it does not have a book presentation in English language mathematical literature.
Download or read book The Elementary Theory of Groups written by Benjamin Fine and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being an open question for sixty years the Tarski conjecture was answered in the affirmative by Olga Kharlampovich and Alexei Myasnikov and independently by Zlil Sela. Both proofs involve long and complicated applications of algebraic geometry over free groups as well as an extension of methods to solve equations in free groups originally developed by Razborov. This book is an examination of the material on the general elementary theory of groups that is necessary to begin to understand the proofs. This material includes a complete exposition of the theory of fully residually free groups or limit groups as well a complete description of the algebraic geometry of free groups. Also included are introductory material on combinatorial and geometric group theory and first-order logic. There is then a short outline of the proof of the Tarski conjectures in the manner of Kharlampovich and Myasnikov.
Download or read book Global Affine Differential Geometry of Hypersurfaces written by An-Min Li and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws a colorful and widespread picture of global affine hypersurface theory up to the most recent state. Moreover, the recent development revealed that affine differential geometry – as differential geometry in general – has an exciting intersection area with other fields of interest, like partial differential equations, global analysis, convex geometry and Riemann surfaces. The second edition of this monograph leads the reader from introductory concepts to recent research. Since the publication of the first edition in 1993 there appeared important new contributions, like the solutions of two different affine Bernstein conjectures, due to Chern and Calabi, respectively. Moreover, a large subclass of hyperbolic affine spheres were classified in recent years, namely the locally strongly convex Blaschke hypersurfaces that have parallel cubic form with respect to the Levi-Civita connection of the Blaschke metric. The authors of this book present such results and new methods of proof.
Download or read book The d bar Neumann Problem and Schr dinger Operators written by Friedrich Haslinger and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of this book is located at the intersection of complex analysis, operator theory and partial differential equations. It begins with results on the canonical solution operator to restricted to Bergman spaces of holomorphic d-bar functions in one and several complex variables.These operators are Hankel operators of special type. In the following the general complex is investigated on d-bar spaces over bounded pseudoconvex domains and on weighted d-bar spaces. The main part is devoted to the spectral analysis of the complex Laplacian and to compactness of the Neumann operator. The last part contains a detailed account of the application of the methods to Schrödinger operators, Pauli and Dirac operators and to Witten-Laplacians. It is assumed that the reader has a basic knowledge of complex analysis, functional analysis and topology. With minimal prerequisites required, this book provides a systematic introduction to an active area of research for both students at a bachelor level and mathematicians.
Download or read book Complexity and Randomness in Group Theory written by Frédérique Bassino and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed Description
Download or read book Pre Riesz Spaces written by Anke Kalauch and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph develops the theory of pre-Riesz spaces, which are the partially ordered vector spaces that embed order densely into Riesz spaces. Concepts from Riesz space theory such as disjointness, ideals, and bands are extended to pre-Riesz spaces. The analysis revolves around embedding techniques, including the Riesz completion and the functional representation. In the same spirit, norms and topologies on a pre-Riesz space and their extensions to the Riesz completion are examined. The generalized concepts are used to investigate disjointness preserving operators on pre-Riesz spaces and related notions. The monograph presents recent results as well as being an accessible introduction to the theory of partially ordered vector spaces and positive operators. Contents A primer on ordered vector spaces Embeddings, covers, and completions Seminorms on pre-Riesz spaces Disjointness, bands, and ideals in pre-Riesz spaces Operators on pre-Riesz spaces
Download or read book Ergodic Theory Finite and Infinite Thermodynamic Formalism Symbolic Dynamics and Distance Expanding Maps written by Mariusz Urbański and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains a detailed treatment of thermodynamic formalism on general compact metrizable spaces. Topological pressure, topological entropy, variational principle, and equilibrium states are presented in detail. Abstract ergodic theory is also given a significant attention. Ergodic theorems, ergodicity, and Kolmogorov-Sinai metric entropy are fully explored. Furthermore, the book gives the reader an opportunity to find rigorous presentation of thermodynamic formalism for distance expanding maps and, in particular, subshifts of finite type over a finite alphabet. It also provides a fairly complete treatment of subshifts of finite type over a countable alphabet. Transfer operators, Gibbs states and equilibrium states are, in this context, introduced and dealt with. Their relations are explored. All of this is applied to fractal geometry centered around various versions of Bowen’s formula in the context of expanding conformal repellors, limit sets of conformal iterated function systems and conformal graph directed Markov systems. A unique introduction to iteration of rational functions is given with emphasize on various phenomena caused by rationally indifferent periodic points. Also, a fairly full account of the classicaltheory of Shub’s expanding endomorphisms is given; it does not have a book presentation in English language mathematical literature.
Download or read book Yakov G Berkovich Lev S Kazarin Emmanuel M Zhmud Characters of Finite Groups Volume 2 written by Yakov G. Berkovich and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition of this classic book is devoted to ordinary representation theory and is addressed to finite group theorists intending to study and apply character theory. It contains many exercises and examples, and the list of problems contains a number of open questions.
