Fusion Systems in Algebra and Topology
Fusion Systems in Algebra and Topology
Radha Kessar, University of Aberdeen
Bob Oliver, Université de Paris XIII
A fusion system over a p-group S is a category whose objects form the set of all subgroups of S, whose morphisms are certain injective group homomorphisms, and which satisfies axioms first formulated by Puig that are modelled on conjugacy relations in finite groups. The definition was originally motivated by representation theory, but fusion systems also have applications to local group theory and to homotopy theory. The connection with homotopy theory arises through classifying spaces which can be associated to fusion systems and which have many of the nice properties of p-completed classifying spaces of finite groups. Beginning with a detailed exposition of the foundational material, the authors then proceed to discuss the role of fusion systems in local finite group theory, homotopy theory and modular representation theory. This book serves as a basic reference and as an introduction to the field, particularly for students and other young mathematicians.
- Surveys ongoing research in this emerging area of mathematics
- Assembles various results, terminology, notation and definitions that are currently scattered across the literature
- A basic reference for mathematicians working in group theory, representation theory or homotopy theory
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9781107601000
330 pages
226 × 150 × 18 mm
0.49kg
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Introduction to fusion systems
- 2. The local theory of fusion systems
- 3. Fusion and homotopy theory
- 4. Fusion and representation theory
- Appendix. Background facts about groups
- References
- List of notation
- Index.
