Group ring groups. Volume 1 /
By: Jespers, Eric.
Contributor(s): Río, Ángel del.
Series: Publisher: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016Description: xii, 447 pages : illustrations (some coloured) ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783110372786 (v. 1 : acidfree paper); 9783110372786:; 3110372789 (v. 1 : acid-free paper); 3110411504; 9783110411508.Subject(s): Group rings -- Textbooks | Unit groups (Ring theory) -- Textbooks | Rings (Algebra) -- TextbooksDDC classification: 512.4 Summary: 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. Supporting problems illustrate the results and complete some of the proofs. Volume 1 contains all details on describing generic constructions of units and their subgroups.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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. Supporting problems illustrate the results and complete some of the proofs. Volume 1 contains all details on describing generic constructions of units and their subgroups.