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Stably free resolutions of lattices over finite groups

Part of: Representation theory of groups Homological algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

K. W. Gruenberg
K. W. Gruenberg
Affiliation:
Queen Mary and Westfield CollegeLondon, England
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Abstract

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For a ZG-lattice A, the nth partial free Euler characteristic εn(A) is defined as the infimum of all where F* varies over all free resolutions of A. It is shown that there exists a stably free resolution E* of A which realises εn(A) for all n≥0 and that the function n → εn(A) is ultimately polynomial no residue classes. The existence of E* is established with the help of new invariants σn(A) of A. These are elements in certain image groups of the projective class group of ZG. When ZG allows cancellation, E* is a minimal free resolution and is essentially unique. When A is periodic, E* is ultimately periodic of period a multiple of the projective period of A.

MSC classification

Secondary: 20C10: Integral representations of finite groups 20C05: Group rings of finite groups and their modules 18G10: Resolutions; derived functors
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , December 1990 , pp. 364 - 385
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1990

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