Endotrivial Modules

• Main Author: Mazza, Nadia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Group theory.; Category theory (Mathematics).; Homological algebra.; K-theory.; Group Theory and Generalizations.; Category Theory, Homological Algebra.; K-Theory.

This is an in-depth report on the endotrivial modules, an important class of modular representations for finite groups. Following the historical development of the theory, the book starts with a review of the necessary definitions and some key examples. The main results obtained using traditional te...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Endotrivial modules
• 3 Classifying endotrivial modules
• 4 The torsionfree part of the group of endotrivial modules
• 5 Torsion endotrivial modules
• 6 Endotrivial modules for Very Important Groups.