Cohomology of Finite Groups:
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Main Author: Adem, Alejandro (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1994
Series:Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, A Series of Comprehensive Studies in Mathematics 309
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Some Historical Background This book deals with the cohomology of groups, particularly finite ones. His­ torically, the subject has been one of significant interaction between algebra and topology and has directly led to the creation of such important areas of mathematics as homological algebra and algebraic K-theory. It arose primar­ ily in the 1920's and 1930's independently in number theory and topology. In topology the main focus was on the work of H. Hopf, but B. Eckmann, S. Eilenberg, and S. MacLane (among others) made significant contributions. The main thrust of the early work here was to try to understand the mean­ ings of the low dimensional homology groups of aspace X. For example, if the universal cover of X was three connected, it was known that H2(X;A) depends only on the fundamental group of X. Group cohomology initially appeared to explain this dependence. In number theory, group cohomology arose as a natural device for describ­ ing the main theorems of class field theory and, in particular, for describing and analyzing the Brauer group of a field. It also arose naturally in the study of group extensions, N
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 331 p)
ISBN:9783662062821
9783662062845
ISSN:0072-7830
DOI:10.1007/978-3-662-06282-1

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