Equivariant Hilbert series (Q2270642)

Let \(M\) be a finitely generated graded module over a graded ring \(R\), and suppose that therer is a finite group \(G\) that acts on \(M\), preserving the grading and commutating with \(R\). Then by defining the equivariant degree \(\deg_{G}M\) to be the coefficient of the leading term when we expand \([M]\) as a Laurent series in \(1-t,\) the authors investigate various properties of the equivariant degree, and apply some results of this paper to reprove some results of Kuhn on the cohomology of groups.