On the cohomology and homotopy of Swan groups (Q1360057)

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On the cohomology and homotopy of Swan groups
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    On the cohomology and homotopy of Swan groups (English)
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    10 March 1998
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    If \(P\) is a Sylow \(p\)-subgroup of a finite group \(G\), then there is an injective map \(H^*(G;\mathbb{F}_p) @>\text{res}>> H^*(P;\mathbb{F}_p)^{W_G(P)}\), where \(W_G(P)=N_G(P)/PC_G(P)\) and cohomology is taken with simple coefficients in \(\mathbb{F}_p\). A Swan group is a finite \(p\)-group \(P\) for which this map is always an isomorphism, for any finite group \(G\) with \(P\) as Sylow \(p\)-subgroup. The authors establish a sufficient condition for a \(p\)-group to be a Swan group and show that for \(p\) odd, every metacyclic \(p\)-group is a Swan group. They then show that if the classifying space \(BP\) has no stable summands involving the transfer, then \(P\) is a Swan group. Finally, using U. Martin's definition of ``almost all'', they show that almost all \(p\)-groups are Swan groups.
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    Sylow \(p\)-subgroups
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    finite \(p\)-groups
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    metacyclic \(p\)-groups
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    finite groups
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    cohomology
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    Swan groups
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    classifying spaces
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    transfer
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