"How Phases Appear When Reducing to
Quotient Groups, for Instance, as in Alperin's Conjecture"
By
Abstract: This talk is a pedagogical introduction.Clifford
theory reduces to quotient groups, but with the introduction of a twist: a
phase factor, a cohomology class. Alperin's
Conjecture says that the number of simples of a block is "locally
determined" in terms of subquotients N(P)/P for p-subgroups P. After Puig,
"locally determined" means determined by the fusion system up to
finite information. But the fusion system, a category consisting of conjugation
homomorphisms between p-subgroups, cannot see the subquotients PC(P)/P. To express Alperin's Conjecture in a truly local way, Clifford theory
is applied to quotient out PC(P)/P from N(P,e)/P, where e is a suitable block of PC(P). The extra
information in the introduced twists is finite.
Date: Monday, December 2, 2013
Time: 13.40-14.30
Place: Mathematics Seminar Room,
SA-141
All are most cordially invited.
Tea and cookies will be served after the talk.