Invariant theory of finite groups
The book gives a comprehensive overview of the invariant theory of finite groups acting linearly on polynomial algebras. Its main features are located around various finiteness results classically known in the non-modular case and their extension to the modular situation. The book is in a certain sense a continuation and extension of \textit{L. Smith}'s book: `Polynomial invariants of finite groups' (Boston 1995; Zbl 0864.13002); second edition 1997. It covers a lot of information and various instructive examples. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book is divided into 10 chapters and one appendix. The first chapter, `Invariants, their relatives, and problems', begins with a survey about the basic definitions and the problems centered around finiteness, computations, and special cases of invariants. Chapter 2, `Algebraic finiteness', deals with the finite generation of the rings of invariants. There is a proof of Noether's finiteness theorem in the non-modular case saying that the ring of invariants \(\mathbb F[V]^G\) of a finite group \(G\) such that the characteristic of \(\mathbb F\) does not divide the order \(|G|\) of \(G\) is generated by \(G\)-invariant forms of degree at most \(|G|.\) The counting of invariants with the Poincaré series is the central theme of chapter 3, `Combinatorial finiteness'. There is a proof of Molien's theorem in the non-modular case with a view towards the modular situation. It covers also Göbel's theorem on permutation invariants. Chapter 4, `Noetherian finiteness', is centered around the Noether normalization theorem. This has to do with tools for the construction of invariants. It culminates in the construction of a Dade bases for a system of parameters. Chapter 5, `Homological finiteness', contains results about syzygies, finite free resolutions and Cohen-Macaulayness of rings of invariants. It covers also Gorenstein rings of invariants and examples of non-Cohen-Macaulay rings of invariants. Chapter 6, `Modular invariant theory', is concerned with an introduction to the fast growing subject of modular invariant theory, i.e. the case where the characteristic of the ground field divides \(|G|,\) the order of the group. It covers the Dickson algebra, the transvection groups, and the transfer variety. In the modular case rings of invariants are often not Cohen-Macaulay. So there is a subsection about the rôle of the Koszul complex in invariant theory in order to estimate, respectively to compute, the depth of rings of invariants. Chapter 7, `Special classes of invariants', deals mainly with pseudoreflection representations, low degree representatations of a solvable group. There is a proof of the Sheppard-Todd-Chevalley theorem about polynomial algebras of invariants as well as a discussion in the modular case. It is completed by computations of invariants in small degrees for a certain list of finite subgroups of \(GL(n, \mathbb Z).\) As a technical tool the authors prove a relative Noether bound for the maximum degree of a generator in a minimal algebra generating set for the invariants depending on a subgroup. Chapter 8, `The Steenrod algebra and invariant theory', has its origin in the Frobenius homomorphism of raising linear forms in the polynomial ring over \(\mathbb F_q\) to the \(q\)-th power. So it gives an additional structure on the ring of invariants. In the case of a Galois field as a ground field this is used in order to describe all the possible rings of invariants (of finite groups) of a fixed polynomial ring. Another application is the solution to the Stong-Landweber conjecture by \textit{D. Bourguiba} and \textit{G. Zarati} [see Invent. Math. 128, 589-602 (1997; Zbl 0874.55017)]. Chapter 9, `Invariant ideals' is devoted to the study of closed ideals under the action of the Steenrod algebra. Chapter 10, `Lannes's \(T\)-functor and applications', provides one of the recent results [see \textit{J. Lannes}, Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 75, 135-244 (1992; Zbl 0857.55011)] to invariant theory. The power of the \(T\)-functor lies in the preservation of homological properties. It provides applications to complete intersections and the descent of the Cohen-Macaulay property for stabilizer subgroups. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book is completed by an appendix: `Review of commutative algebra'. It covers a step by step review of non-standard gradings, Noetherianness, graded primary decomposition. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book as a whole starts with elementary questions about invariant theory, develops the techniques for various classical results (presented with original proofs following recent research results) mainly in the non-modular situation. The presentation of the material is worked out always with a view towards the situation in the modular case. Some of the chapters are dedicated to recent research in particular to the modular invariant theory. So interested readers are invited to start with introductory concepts and will be pushed forward to the front of present day research. While the authors try to develop all prerequisites some technical knowledge about homological algebra etc. could be helpful. As a source for that one might consult the second author's book, (loc. cit.). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe references consist of 466 items, an rather complete picture about the recent research. The famous example by \textit{M.-J. Bertin} [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. A 264, 653-656 (1967; Zbl 0147.29503)], known as the first example of a unique factorization domain that is not Cohen-Macaulay, is referred several times for its non-Cohen-Macaulayness property. Its factoriality does not play any rôle in the book and is nowhere mentioned. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe divisor class theory of rings of invariants is not part of the book. The interested reader might find a presentation in the book by \textit{D. J. Benson}, `Polynomial invariants of finite groups' (1993; Zbl 0864.13001), respectively by \textit{P. Samuel}, `Lectures on unique factorization domains' (1964; Zbl 0184.06601). By the authors intention (following their classical theme of invariant theory) the typographical \TeX-layout is based on the traditional Garamond type face. For the revierwer's point of view the book will be a basic reference as well as a source for further research on the subject.
- Mutations in finite groups
- Invariant theory for wreath product groups
- When are permutation invariants Cohen-Macaulay over all fields?
- Modular invariants of finite affine linear groups
- On alternating invariants and Hilbert ideals
- Vector invariants for two-dimensional orthogonal groups over finite fields
- The existence of Thom classes
- On unstable modules over the Dickson algebras, the Singer functors \(R_{s}\) and the functors \(Fix_{S}\)
- Rings of invariants for modular representations of elementary abelian \(p\)-groups
- Galois ring extensions and localized modular rings of invariants of \(p\)-groups
- Polynomial invariants on matrices and partition, Brauer algebras
- Sobolev lifting over invariants
- Geometry of the Winger pencil
- The Hilbert scheme of a pair of linear spaces
- The transfer ideal under the action of orthogonal group in modular case
- Associated prime ideals of equivariant coinvariant algebras, Steenrod operations, and Krull's Going Down Theorem
- Modular invariants of finite gluing groups
- On generalized invariants of cyclic groups
- The large Davenport constant. I: Groups with a cyclic, index 2 subgroup.
- On the number of generators of the module of derivations and multiplicity of certain rings
- Quandle cocycles from invariant theory
- A note on the Hilbert ideals of a cyclic group of prime order
- The structure of modular generalized invariants
- Test sets for nonnegativity of polynomials invariant under a finite reflection group
- Separating invariants of finite groups
- Maximality of Laplacian algebras, with applications to invariant theory
- Reflection groups and rigidity of quadratic Poisson algebras
- Effective Invariant Theory of Permutation Groups Using Representation Theory
- Fields of Invariants of Finite Linear Groups
- The equivariant integral cohomology ring of the flag manifold of type C
- Modular invariants under the actions of some reflection groups related to Weyl groups
- Invariants of binary bilinear forms modulo two
- Lannes'T-Functor, Pointwise Stabilizers, and Degree Bounds
- Inseparable extensions of algebras over the Steenrod algebra with applications to modular invariant theory of finite groups
- The Noether map II
- Commutative Schur rings of maximal dimension.
- On a Theorem of Göbel on Permutation Invariants
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 139857 (Why is no real title available?)
- On modular invariants of a vector and a covector
- On the Gorenstein property for modular invariants
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 479558 (Why is no real title available?)
- Finite generation properties of cohomology rings for infinite groups.
- Polynomial invariants of finite groups. A survey of recent developments
- On finite groups with the Cayley invariant property
- The convolution operation on the spectra of algebras of symmetric analytic functions
- Coinvariants and invariants of the dihedral group \(D_{2p}\) in characteristic \(p\geq 2\)
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2147478 (Why is no real title available?)
- On generators of the Hilbert ideal for cyclic groups in modular invariant theory
- On a theorem of R. Steinberg on rings of coinvariants
- Groups with large Noether bound
- Projective normality of G.I.T. quotient varieties modulo finite groups
- A reciprocity on finite abelian groups involving zero-sum sequences
- Modular quotient varieties and singularities by the cyclic group of order 2p
- Depth and detection for Noetherian unstable algebras
- Foliations on the projective plane with finite group of symmetries
- The Noether Map I
- A gluing construction for polynomial invariants
- The Noether number of \(p\)-groups
- Lexsegment and Gotzmann ideals associated with the diagonal action of Z/p
- Jacobians of reflection groups
- Unipotent Groups in Invariant Theory
- Coinvariants and representations of the dicyclic group \(T_{4m}\) in the modular case
- The construction of modular invariants
- On the module of derivations of rings of invariants of k[X,Y ] under the action of certain dihedral groups
- A commutative algebra approach to multiplicative Hom-Lie algebras
- Equivariant formality of corank-one isotropy actions and products of rational spheres
- Some rings of invariants that are Gorenstein
- Invariants of finite and discrete group actions via moving frames
- Regularity and stable ranges of \textbf{FI}-modules
- Orbit Chern classes
- Explicit separating invariants for cyclic \(P\)-groups.
- Symmetric group fixed quotients of polynomial rings
- Modular invariant theory
- The invariants of the second symmetric power representation of \(\mathrm{SL}_2 (\mathbb F_q)\)
- The invariants of the third symmetric power representation of \(\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb F_p)\)
- Some complete intersection symplectic quotients in positive characteristic: invariants of a vector and a covector
- A conjecture of Mallows and Sloane with the universal denominator of Hilbert series
- The group permanent determines the finite abelian group
- A new proof of Wehlau’s conjecture for cyclic groups of prime order
- Local cohomology of modular invariant rings
- Unimodular valuations beyond Ehrhart
- A Weyl's law for singular Riemannian foliations with applications to invariant theory
- Representations on canonical models of generalized Fermat curves and their syzygies
- On modular invariants of the truncated polynomial rings in low ranks
- Automorphisms of del Pezzo surfaces in characteristic 2
- Steenrod closed parameter ideals in the mod-2 cohomology of \(A_4\) and \(\operatorname{SO}(3)\)
- Bernstein's inequality and holonomicity for certain singular rings
- On symmetric plane quartic curves
- Using moving frames to construct equivariant maps
- Invariants of finite orthogonal groups of plus type in odd characteristic
- Invariants of the finite orthogonal groups in odd dimension and even characteristic
- Vector invariants for the two-dimensional modular representation of the dihedral group of order 2p
- Modular invariant rings and the Weyl groups of special unitary groups
- Laplacian algebras, manifold submetries and the inverse invariant theory problem
- On the coinvariants of modular representations of cyclic groups of prime order
- The topological nilpotence degree of a Noetherian unstable algebra
- The Noether numbers for cyclic groups of prime order
- Degree bounds -- an invitation to postmodern invariant theory
- Vector invariants of \(\mathsf{Syl}_p(\mathsf{GL}(n, \mathbb{F}_q))\) and their Hilbert ideals
- The Gorenstein property for modular binary forms invariants
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