Groups St Andrews 2009 in Bath

by Edited by C. M. Campbell , M. R. Quick , E. F. Robertson , C. M. Roney-Dougal , G. C. Smith , G. Traustason

• ISBN13: 9780521279048
• ISBN10: 0521279046
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-25
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Groups St Andrews 2009 was held in the University of Bath in August 2009 and this second volume of a two-volume book contains selected papers from the international conference. Five main lecture courses were given at the conference, and articles based on their lectures form a substantial part of the proceedings. This volume contains the contributions by Eammon O'Brien (Auckland), Mark Sapir (Vanderbilt) and Dan Segal (Oxford). Apart from the main speakers, refereed survey and research articles were contributed by other conference participants. Arranged in alphabetical order, these articles cover a wide spectrum of modern group theory. The regular proceedings of Groups St Andrews conferences have provided snapshots of the state of research in group theory throughout the past 30 years. Earlier volumes have had a major impact on the development of group theory and it is anticipated that this volume will be equally important.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Algorithms for matrix groups

Residual properties of 1-relator groups

Words and groups

The modular isomorphism problem for the groups of order 512

Recent progress in the symmetric generation of groups

Discriminating groups: a comprehensive overview

Extending the Kegel-Wielandt theorem through ¿-decomposable groups

On the prime graph of a finite group

Applications of Lie rings with finite cyclic grading

Pronormal subgroups and transitivity of some subgroup properties Leonid

On Engel and positive laws

Maximal subgroups of odd index in finite groups with simple classical socle

Some classic and nearly classic problems on varieties of groups

Generalizations of the Sylow theorem

Engel groups

Lie methods in Engel groups

On the degree of commutativity of p-groups of maximal class

Class preserving automorphisms of finite p-groups: a survey

Symmetric colorings of finite groups

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