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050 0 0 _aQA174.2
_b.T48 1986
082 0 0 _a512/.2
_219
100 1 _aThomas, C. B.
_q(Charles Benedict),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCharacteristic classes and the cohomology of finite groups /
_cC.B. Thomas.
246 3 _aCharacteristic Classes & the Cohomology of Finite Groups
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1986.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 129 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ;
_v9
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThe purpose of this book is to study the relation between the representation ring of a finite group and its integral cohomology by means of characteristic classes. In this way it is possible to extend the known calculations and prove some general results for the integral cohomology ring of a group G of prime power order. Among the groups considered are those of p-rank less than 3, extra-special p-groups, symmetric groups and linear groups over finite fields. An important tool is the Riemann - Roch formula which provides a relation between the characteristic classes of an induced representation, the classes of the underlying representation and those of the permutation representation of the infinite symmetric group. Dr Thomas also discusses the implications of his work for some arithmetic groups which will interest algebraic number theorists. Dr Thomas assumes the reader has taken basic courses in algebraic topology, group theory and homological algebra, but has included an appendix in which he gives a purely topological proof of the Riemann - Roch formula.
650 0 _aFinite groups.
650 0 _aHomology theory.
650 0 _aCharacteristic classes.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521256612
830 0 _aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ;
_v9.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511897344
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