Two inquiries about finite groups and well-behaved quotients

arXiv1803.08417MaRDI QIDQ6299441FDOQ6299441

Authors: Ben Blum-Smith 

Publication date: 22 March 2018

Abstract: This thesis addresses questions in representation and invariant theory of finite groups. The first concerns singularities of quotient spaces under actions of finite groups. We introduce a class of finite groups such that the quotients have at worst abelian quotient singularities. We prove that supersolvable groups belong to this class and show that nonabelian finite simple groups do not belong to it. The second question concerns the Cohen-Macaulayness of the invariant ring $mathbbZ[x_1,dots,x_n{]}^G$, where $G$ is a permutation group. We prove that this ring is Cohen-Macaulay if $G$ is generated by transpositions, double transpositions, and 3-cycles, and conjecture that the converse is true as well.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Ordinary representations and characters (20C15)

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