Group Ring Groups: Volume 2 Structure Theorems of Unit Groups

✍ Scribed by Eric Jespers; Ángel del Río

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 228
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This two-volume graduate textbook gives a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of describing large subgroups of the unit group of the integral group ring of a finite group and, more generally, of the unit group of an order in a finite dimensional semisimple rational algebra. Since the book is addressed to graduate students as well as young researchers, all required background on these diverse areas, both old and new, is included. Supporting problems illustrate the results and complete some of the proofs.

Volume 1 contains all the details on describing generic constructions of units and the subgroup they generate. Volume 2 mainly is about structure theorems and geometric methods. Without being encyclopaedic, all main results and techniques used to achieve these results are included.

Basic courses in group theory, ring theory and field theory are assumed as background.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
14. Free Groups
15. Hyperbolic geometry
16. Poincaré’s Theorem
17. Fundamental polyhedra
18. Unit groups of orders in quaternion algebras
19. Virtually free-by-free groups
References
Index of Notation
Index