Profinite Groups

Profinite Groups
Author: Luis Ribes
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2010-03-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642016421

The aim of this book is to serve both as an introduction to profinite groups and as a reference for specialists in some areas of the theory. The book is reasonably self-contained. Profinite groups are Galois groups. As such they are of interest in algebraic number theory. Much of recent research on abstract infinite groups is related to profinite groups because residually finite groups are naturally embedded in a profinite group. In addition to basic facts about general profinite groups, the book emphasizes free constructions (particularly free profinite groups and the structure of their subgroups). Homology and cohomology is described with a minimum of prerequisites. This second edition contains three new appendices dealing with a new characterization of free profinite groups, presentations of pro-p groups and a new conceptually simpler approach to the proof of some classical subgroup theorems. Throughout the text there are additions in the form of new results, improved proofs, typographical corrections, and an enlarged bibliography. The list of open questions has been updated; comments and references have been added about those previously open problems that have been solved after the first edition appeared.

Foundational Essays on Topological Manifolds, Smoothings, and Triangulations. (AM-88), Volume 88

Foundational Essays on Topological Manifolds, Smoothings, and Triangulations. (AM-88), Volume 88
Author: Robion C. Kirby
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2016-03-02
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1400881501

Since Poincaré's time, topologists have been most concerned with three species of manifold. The most primitive of these--the TOP manifolds--remained rather mysterious until 1968, when Kirby discovered his now famous torus unfurling device. A period of rapid progress with TOP manifolds ensued, including, in 1969, Siebenmann's refutation of the Hauptvermutung and the Triangulation Conjecture. Here is the first connected account of Kirby's and Siebenmann's basic research in this area. The five sections of this book are introduced by three articles by the authors that initially appeared between 1968 and 1970. Appendices provide a full discussion of the classification of homotopy tori, including Casson's unpublished work and a consideration of periodicity in topological surgery.

Trends in Logic

Trends in Logic
Author: Vincent F. Hendricks
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9401735980

In 1953, exactly 50 years ago to this day, the first volume of Studia Logica appeared under the auspices of The Philosophical Committee of The Polish Academy of Sciences. Now, five decades later the present volume is dedicated to a celebration of this 50th Anniversary of Studia Logica. The volume features a series of papers by distinguished scholars reflecting both the aim and scope of this journal for symbolic logic.

Profinite Groups, Arithmetic, and Geometry

Profinite Groups, Arithmetic, and Geometry
Author: Stephen S. Shatz
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2016-03-02
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1400881854

In this volume, the author covers profinite groups and their cohomology, Galois cohomology, and local class field theory, and concludes with a treatment of duality. His objective is to present effectively that body of material upon which all modern research in Diophantine geometry and higher arithmetic is based, and to do so in a manner that emphasizes the many interesting lines of inquiry leading from these foundations.

Infinite Loop Spaces (AM-90), Volume 90

Infinite Loop Spaces (AM-90), Volume 90
Author: John Frank Adams
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1978-09-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1400821258

The theory of infinite loop spaces has been the center of much recent activity in algebraic topology. Frank Adams surveys this extensive work for researchers and students. Among the major topics covered are generalized cohomology theories and spectra; infinite-loop space machines in the sense of Boadman-Vogt, May, and Segal; localization and group completion; the transfer; the Adams conjecture and several proofs of it; and the recent theories of Adams and Priddy and of Madsen, Snaith, and Tornehave.

Bridging Algebra, Geometry, and Topology

Bridging Algebra, Geometry, and Topology
Author: Denis Ibadula
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2014-10-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319091867

Algebra, geometry and topology cover a variety of different, but intimately related research fields in modern mathematics. This book focuses on specific aspects of this interaction. The present volume contains refereed papers which were presented at the International Conference “Experimental and Theoretical Methods in Algebra, Geometry and Topology”, held in Eforie Nord (near Constanta), Romania, during 20-25 June 2013. The conference was devoted to the 60th anniversary of the distinguished Romanian mathematicians Alexandru Dimca and Ştefan Papadima. The selected papers consist of original research work and a survey paper. They are intended for a large audience, including researchers and graduate students interested in algebraic geometry, combinatorics, topology, hyperplane arrangements and commutative algebra. The papers are written by well-known experts from different fields of mathematics, affiliated to universities from all over the word, they cover a broad range of topics and explore the research frontiers of a wide variety of contemporary problems of modern mathematics.