Group and Ring Theoretic Properties of Polycyclic Groups
Authors: Wehrfritz, Bertram
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Polycyclic groups are built from cyclic groups in a specific way. They arise in many contexts within group theory itself but also more generally in algebra, for example in the theory of Noetherian rings. They also touch on some aspects of topology, geometry and number theory. The first half of this book develops the standard group theoretic techniques for studying polycyclic groups and the basic properties of these groups. The second half then focuses specifically on the ring theoretic properties of polycyclic groups and their applications, often to purely group theoretic situations.
The book is not intended to be encyclopedic. Instead, it is a study manual for graduate students and researchers coming into contact with polycyclic groups, where the main lines of the subject can be learned from scratch by any reader who has been exposed to some undergraduate algebra, especially groups, rings and vector spaces. Thus the book has been kept short and readable with a view that it can be read and worked through from cover to cover. At the end of each topic covered there is a description without proofs, but with full references, of further developments in the area. The book then concludes with an extensive bibliography of items relating to polycyclic groups.
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From the reviews:
“The book under review consists of 10 chapters and is devoted to the systematic study of polycyclic groups from the beginning in the late 1930’s up to now. … The book is written clearly, with a high scientific level. … It is quite accessible to research workers not only in the area of group theory, but also in other areas, who find themselves, involved with polycyclic groups. The Bibliography is rich and reflects the development of the theory from very early time up to now.” (Bui Xuan Hai, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1206, 2011)
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Some Basic Group Theory
Pages 1-11
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The Basic Theory of Polycyclic Groups
Pages 13-28
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Some Ring Theory
Pages 29-39
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Soluble Linear Groups
Pages 41-54
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Further Group-Theoretic Properties of Polycyclic Groups
Pages 55-62
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Group and Ring Theoretic Properties of Polycyclic Groups
- Authors
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- Bertram Wehrfritz
- Series Title
- Algebra and Applications
- Series Volume
- 10
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag London
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag London
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-84882-941-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-84882-941-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-84882-940-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4471-2530-3
- Series ISSN
- 1572-5553
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 128
- Topics
