Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 17 A survey of recent results on projective representations of the symmetric groups
- 18 Some applications of graded diagrams in combinatorial group theory
- 19 Rational growth of wreath products
- 20 The modular group and generalized Farey graphs
- 21 On the n-centre of a group
- 22 Existentially closed finitary linear groups
- 23 Permutability and subnormality of subgroups
- 24 Some applications of powerful p-groups
- 25 Combinatorial aspects of finitely generated virtually free groups
- 26 Problems in loop theory for group theorists
- 27 Sylow theory of CC-groups: a survey
- 28 On the minimal number of generators of certain groups
- 29 Lie properties of modular group algebras
- 30 Observations on a conjecture of Hans Zassenhaus
- 31 The Fibonacci groups revisited
- 32 Galois groups
- 33 Infinite simple permutation groups - a survey
- 34 Polynomial 2-cocyles
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 17 A survey of recent results on projective representations of the symmetric groups
- 18 Some applications of graded diagrams in combinatorial group theory
- 19 Rational growth of wreath products
- 20 The modular group and generalized Farey graphs
- 21 On the n-centre of a group
- 22 Existentially closed finitary linear groups
- 23 Permutability and subnormality of subgroups
- 24 Some applications of powerful p-groups
- 25 Combinatorial aspects of finitely generated virtually free groups
- 26 Problems in loop theory for group theorists
- 27 Sylow theory of CC-groups: a survey
- 28 On the minimal number of generators of certain groups
- 29 Lie properties of modular group algebras
- 30 Observations on a conjecture of Hans Zassenhaus
- 31 The Fibonacci groups revisited
- 32 Galois groups
- 33 Infinite simple permutation groups - a survey
- 34 Polynomial 2-cocyles
Summary
An international conference ‘Groups – St Andrews 1989’ was held in the Mathematical Institute, University of St Andrews, Scotland during the period 29 July to 12 August 1989. A total of 293 people from 37 different countries registered for the conference. The initial planning for the conference began in July 1986 and in the summer of 1987 invitations were given to Professor J A Green (Warwick), Professor N D Gupta (Manitoba), Professor O H Kegel (Freiburg), Professor A Yu Ol'shanskii (Moscow) and Professor J G Thompson (Cambridge). They all accepted our invitation and gave courses at the conference of three or four lectures. We were particularly pleased that Professor Ol'shanskii was able to make his first visit to the West. The above courses formed the main part of the first week of the conference. All the above speakers have contributed articles based on these courses to the Proceedings.
In the second week of the conference there were fourteen one-hour invited survey lectures and a CAYLEY workshop with four main lectures. In addition there was a full programme of research seminars. The remaining articles in the two parts of the Proceedings arise from these invited lectures and research seminars.
The two volumes of the Proceedings of Groups – St Andrews 1989 are similar in style to ‘Groups – St Andrews 1981’ and ‘Proceedings of Groups – St Andrews 1985’ both published by Cambridge University Press in the London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes Series.
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- Groups St Andrews 1989 , pp. xi - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991