Ghost numbers of group algebras. II.

DOI10.1007/S10468-015-9519-XzbMATH Open1338.20007arXiv1310.5682OpenAlexW2084148102MaRDI QIDQ2355239FDOQ2355239

Authors: J. Daniel Christensen, Gaohong Wang 

Publication date: 21 July 2015

Published in: Algebras and Representation Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study several closely related invariants of the group algebra $kG$ of a finite group. The basic invariant is the ghost number, which measures the failure of the generating hypothesis and involves finding non-trivial composites of maps each of which induces the zero map in Tate cohomology ("ghosts"). The related invariants are the simple ghost number, which considers maps which are stably trivial when composed with any map from a suspension of a simple module, and the strong ghost number, which considers maps which are ghosts after restriction to every subgroup of $G$. We produce the first computations of the ghost number for non-$p$-groups, e.g., for the dihedral groups at all primes, as well as many new bounds. We prove that there are close relationships between the three invariants, and make computations of the new invariants for many families of groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5682

Recommendations

• Ghost numbers of group algebras.
• Ghosts in modular representation theory.
• On the Christensen-Wang bounds for the ghost number of a \(p\)-group algebra
• Freyd's generating hypothesis for groups with periodic cohomology.
• Ghosts and Strong Ghosts in the Stable Category

zbMATH Keywords

finite groupsgroup algebrasstable module categoriesTate cohomologyghost mapsghost numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Modular representations and characters (20C20) Module categories in associative algebras (16D90) Cohomology of groups (20J06) Stable homotopy theory, spectra (55P42)

Cites Work

• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Quillen model structures for relative homological algebra
• The connection between the $K$-theory localization theorem of Thomason, Trobaugh and Yao and the smashing subcategories of Bousfield and Ravenel
• Ideals in triangulated categories: Phantoms, ghosts and skeleta
• Ghost numbers of group algebras.
• Ghosts in modular representation theory.
• On the vanishing of group cohomology
• The principal block idempotent
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• The generating hypothesis for the stable module category of a \(p\)-group.
• Groups which do not admit ghosts
• Freyd’s generating hypothesis with almost split sequences
• A presheaf interpretation of the generalized Freyd conjecture
• Freyd's generating hypothesis for groups with periodic cohomology.
• Ghosts and Strong Ghosts in the Stable Category

Cited In (4)

• Ghost numbers of group algebras.
• Phantom maps and purity in modular representation theory. II
• Groups which do not admit ghosts
• Freyd’s generating hypothesis with almost split sequences

This page was built for publication: Ghost numbers of group algebras. II.

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2355239)