Skip to main content
  • Book
  • © 2010

Biset Functors for Finite Groups

Authors:

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 1990)

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
  2. Examples

    • Serge Bouc
    Pages 1-11
  3. General Properties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 14-14
  4. General properties

    1. G-Sets and (H, G)-Bisets

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 15-40
    2. Biset Functors

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 41-51
    3. Simple Functors

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 53-72
  5. Biset Functors on Replete Subcategories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 74-74
  6. Biset functors on replete subcategories

    1. The Burnside Functor

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 75-95
    2. Endomorphism Algebras

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 97-119
    3. Tensor Product and Internal Hom

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 135-152
  7. p-Biset Functors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 154-154
  8. p-biset functors

    1. Rational Representations of p-Groups

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 155-181
    2. p-Biset Functors

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 183-213
    3. Applications

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 215-240
    4. The Dade Group

      • Serge Bouc
      Pages 241-292
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 293-299

About this book

This volume exposes the theory of biset functors for finite groups, which yields a unified framework for operations of induction, restriction, inflation, deflation and transport by isomorphism. The first part recalls the basics on biset categories and biset functors. The second part is concerned with the Burnside functor and the functor of complex characters, together with semisimplicity issues and an overview of Green biset functors. The last part is devoted to biset functors defined over p-groups for a fixed prime number p. This includes the structure of the functor of rational representations and rational p-biset functors. The last two chapters expose three applications of biset functors to long-standing open problems, in particular the structure of the Dade group of an arbitrary finite p-group.This book is intended both to students and researchers, as it gives a didactic exposition of the basics and a rewriting of advanced results in the area, with some new ideas and proofs.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“The theory of biset functors was developed to give a unified construction of the elementary operations of restriction, induction, inflation, deflation and transport by isomorphism. … This volume gives an excellent introduction to the topic, which until now was only available in a series of research papers. … The book can be read by graduate students with a good knowledge of algebra, but will also be a valuable source for researchers.” (Robert Hartmann, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 d)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fac. Mathématiques, Université de Picardie, Amiens, France

    Serge Bouc

Bibliographic Information

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access