Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contents of Volume 2
- Introduction
- Permutability and subnormality in finite groups
- (Pro)-finite and (topologically) locally finite groups with a CC-subgroup
- Table algebras generated by elements of small degrees
- Subgroups which are a union of a given number of conjugacy classes
- Some results on finite factorized groups
- On nilpotent-like Fitting formations
- Locally finite groups with min-p for all primes p
- Quasi-permutation representations of 2-groups of class 2 with cyclic centre
- Groups acting on bordered Klein surfaces with maximal symmetry
- Breaking points in subgroup lattices
- Group actions on graphs, maps and surfaces with maximum symmetry
- On dual pronormal subgroups and Fitting classes
- (p, q, r)-generations of the sporadic group O'N
- Computations with almost-crystallographic groups
- Random walks on groups: characters and geometry
- On distances of 2-groups and 3-groups
- Zeta functions of groups: the quest for order versus the flight from ennui
- Some factorizations involving hypercentrally embedded subgroups in finite soluble groups
- Elementary theory of groups
- Andrews-Curtis and Todd-Coxeter proof words
- Short balanced presentations of perfect groups
- Finite p-extensions of free pro-p groups
- Elements and groups of finite length
- Logged rewriting and identities among relators
- A characterization of F4(q) where q is an odd prime power
- On associated groups of rings
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contents of Volume 2
- Introduction
- Permutability and subnormality in finite groups
- (Pro)-finite and (topologically) locally finite groups with a CC-subgroup
- Table algebras generated by elements of small degrees
- Subgroups which are a union of a given number of conjugacy classes
- Some results on finite factorized groups
- On nilpotent-like Fitting formations
- Locally finite groups with min-p for all primes p
- Quasi-permutation representations of 2-groups of class 2 with cyclic centre
- Groups acting on bordered Klein surfaces with maximal symmetry
- Breaking points in subgroup lattices
- Group actions on graphs, maps and surfaces with maximum symmetry
- On dual pronormal subgroups and Fitting classes
- (p, q, r)-generations of the sporadic group O'N
- Computations with almost-crystallographic groups
- Random walks on groups: characters and geometry
- On distances of 2-groups and 3-groups
- Zeta functions of groups: the quest for order versus the flight from ennui
- Some factorizations involving hypercentrally embedded subgroups in finite soluble groups
- Elementary theory of groups
- Andrews-Curtis and Todd-Coxeter proof words
- Short balanced presentations of perfect groups
- Finite p-extensions of free pro-p groups
- Elements and groups of finite length
- Logged rewriting and identities among relators
- A characterization of F4(q) where q is an odd prime power
- On associated groups of rings
Summary
Groups St Andrews 2001 in Oxford was another highly successful conference in the continuing series. The conference, held from 5 August 2001 to 18 August 2001, was attended by 230 mathematicians from 35 countries. The lectures and talks were given in the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford. We thank Lady Margaret Hall, St Anne's College, The Queen's College and Merton College for providing accommodation. We also acknowledge with gratitude the financial support of the Edinburgh and London Mathematical Societies. The Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford generously made lecture rooms available, and supported the conference in various other important ways.
The organizing committee consisted of CM Campbell (University of St Andrews), D P Groves (Merton), R P Martineau (Wadham), P M Neumann (The Queen's College), E F Robertson (University of St Andrews), G C Smith (University of Bath), W B Stewart (Exeter) and G A Stoy (LMH). Administrative support was provided by Jan Campbell and Maureen White.
The main speakers, who were invited to give a series of talks, were Marston D E Conder (Auckland), Persi Diaconis (Stanford), Peter P Pálfy (Eötvös Loránd, Budapest), Marcus du Sautoy (Cambridge), and Michael R Vaughan-Lee (Oxford). As has become the tradition, all these invited speakers have written substantial articles for these Proceedings. All papers have been subjected to a formal refereeing process comparable to that of a major international journal.
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- Groups St Andrews 2001 in Oxford , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003