This thesis consists of two parts, both of which involve the study of algebraic structures constructed via the multiplication of modules. In the first part we look at Hall algebras. We consider the Hall algebra of a cyclic quiver algebra with relations of length two and present a multiplication formula for the explicit calculation of products in this algebra. We then look at the case of a cyclic quiver with two vertices and describe the corresponding composition algebra as a quotient of the positive part of a quantised enveloping algebra of type Ã₁ We then look at quotients of Hall algebras of self-injective algebras. We give an abstract result describing the quotient of such a Hall algebra by the ideal generated by isomorphism classes of projective modules, and also a more explicit result describing quotients of Hall algebras of group algebras for cyclic 2-groups and some related polynomial algebras. The second part of the thesis deals with Green rings. We compare the Green rings of a group algebra and the corresponding Jennings algebra for certain p-groups. It is shown that these two Green rings are isomorphic in the case of a cyclic p-group. In the case of the Klein four group it is shown that the two Green rings are not isomorphic, but that there exist quotients of these rings which are isomorphic. It is conjectured that the corresponding quotients will also be isomorphic in the case of a dihedral 2-group. The properties of these quotients are studied, with the aim of producing evidence to support this conjecture. The work on Green rings also includes some results on the realisation of quotients of Green rings as group rings over ℤ.

Thesis supervisor: Frederick M. Goodman. Includes bibliographic references (p. 84-88).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaf : [31]).

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On étudie dans cette thèse les coefficients de structure et particulièrement leurs dépendancesen n dans le cadre d’une suite des algèbres de doubles-classes. Le premier chapitre est dédié à l’étude des coefficients de structure dans le cas général des centres d’algèbres de groupes finis et des algèbres de doubles-classes. On rappelle dans ce chapitre la théorie des représentationsdes groupes finiset son lien avec les coefficients de structure. On montre que l’étude des coefficients de structure des algèbres de doubles-classes est reliéeà la théorie des paires de Gelfand et auxfonctions sphériques zonales en donnant un théorème similaireà celui de Frobenius. Ce théorème exprime les coefficients de structure d’une algèbre de doubles-classes associée à une paire de Gelfand en fonction des fonctions sphériques zonales. Dans le deuxième chapitre, on rappellele théorème de Farahat et Higmann autour de la propriété de polynomialité des coefficients de structure du centre de l’algèbre du groupe symétriqueainsi que la preuve d’Ivanov et Kerov. On donne une preuvecombinatoire pour lapropriété de polynomialité des coefficients de structure de l’algèbre de Hecke de la paire (S2n, Bn) dans le troisième chapitre. On utilise dans notre preuve une algèbre universelle qui se projette sur l’algèbre de Hecke de la paire (S2n, Bn) pour tout n. On montre aussi que cette algèbre universelle est isomorphe à l’algèbre fonctions symétriques décalées d’ordre 2. Dans le dernier chapitre on présente un cadre général pour la forme des coefficients de structure dans le cas d’une suite des algèbres de doubles-classes.Ce cadre regroupe les propriétés de polynomialité des coefficients de structure du centre de l’algèbre du groupe symétrique et de l’algèbre de Hecke de la paire (S2n, Bn).De plus, on donne des propriétés de polynomialité pour les coefficients de structure du centre de l’algèbre du groupe hypéroctaédral et de l’algèbre de doubles-classes de diag (Sn-1) dans Sn x Sopp n-1. / In this thesis we studied the structure coefficients and especially their dependence on n in the case of a sequence of double-class algebras. The first chapter is dedicated to the study of the structure coefficients in the general cases of centers of group algebras and double-class algebras. We recall in it the representation theory of finite groups and its link with structure coefficients. We show also that the study of the structure coefficients of double-class algebras is related to the theory of Gelfand pairs and zonal spherical functions by giving, in the case of Gelfand pairs, a theorem similar to that of Frobenius which writes the structure coefficients of the double-class algebra associated to a Gelfand pair in terms of zonal spherical functions. In the second chapter, we recall the Farahat and Higman's theorem about the polynomiality of the structure coefficients of the center of the symmetric group algebra as well as the Ivanov and Kerov's approach to prove this theorem. We give a combinatorial proof to the polynomiality property of the structure coefficients of the Hecke algebra of thepair (S2n, Bn) in the third chapter. Our proof uses a universal algebra which projects on the Hecke algebra of (S2n, Bn) for each n. We show that this universal algebra is isomorphic to the algebra of 2-shifted symmetric functions. In the fourth and last chapter we build a general framework which gives us the form of the structure coefficients in the case of a sequence of double-class algebras. This framework implies the polynomiality property of the structure coefficients of both the center of the symmetric group algebra and the Hecke algebra of (S2n, Bn). In addition, we give a polynomiality property for the structure coefficients of both the center of the hyperoctahedral group algebra and the double-class algebra of diag (Sn-1) in Sn x Sopp n-1.

The concept of hyperreflexivity has previously been defined for subspaces of $B(X,Y)$, where $X$ and $Y$ are Banach spaces. We extend this concept to the subspaces of $B^n(X,Y)$, the space of bounded $n$-linear maps from $X\times\cdots\times X=X^{(n)}$ into $Y$, for any $n\in \mathbb{N}$. If $A$ is a Banach algebra and $X$ a Banach $A$-bimodule, we obtain sufficient conditions under which $\Zc^n(A,X)$, the space of all bounded $n$-cocycles from $A$ into $X$, is hyperreflexive. To do so, we define two notions related to a Banach algebra: The strong property $(\B)$ and bounded local units (b.l.u). We show that there are sufficiently many Banach algebras which have both properties. We will prove that all C$^*$-algebras and group algebras have the strong property $(\B).$ We also prove that finite CSL algebras and finite nest algebras have this property. We further show that for an arbitrary Banach algebra $A$ and each $n\geq 2$, $M_n(A)$ has the strong property $(\B)$ whenever it is equipped with a Banach algebra norm. In particular, this implies that all Banach algebras are embedded into a Banach algebra with the strong property $(\B)$. With regard to bounded local units, we show that all $C^*$-algebras and many group algebras have b.l.u. We investigate the hereditary properties of both notions to construct more example of Banach algebras with these properties. We apply our approach and show that the bounded $n$-cocycle spaces related to Banach algebras with the strong property $(\B)$ and b.l.u. are hyperreflexive provided that the space of the corresponding $n+1$-coboundaries are closed. This includes nuclear C$^*$-algebras, many group algebras, matrix spaces of certain Banach algebras and finite CSL and nest algebras. We finish the thesis with introducing {\it the hyperreflexivity constant}. We make our results more precise with finding an upper bound for the hyperreflexivity constant of the bounded $n$-cocycle spaces.

Prof. Dr. Francisco César Polcino Milies / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Matemática , 2016. / Seja G um grupo finito, F um corpo. Berman ([Ber]) e Witt ([Witt]) calcularam, independentemente, o número de componentes simples da álgebra de grupo semisimples FG. Nesse trabalho esboçamos uma prova do mesmo resultado devida à R. Ferraz que usa integralmente técnicas de álgebra de grupo. Além disso, calculamos o posto das unidades centrais de ZG e determinamos as componentes simples do centro de FG=J(FG), quando F satisfaz uma condição teórica. / Let G be a finite group, F a field. Berman ([Ber]) and Witt ([Witt]) evaluated independently the number of simple components of the semisimple group algebra FG. In this paper we outline a proof of the same result, due to R. Ferraz entirely in terms group algebra techniques. Furhermore, we compute the rank of the central units of ZG and determine the simple central components of FG=J(FG) provided that F satisfies a field theoretical condition.

Orientadora: Profa. Dra. Maria de Lourdes Merlini Giuliani / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Matemática , 2016. / Neste trabalho foram abordados os Teoremas de Sylow para loops de Moufangnitos. A validade destes teoremas nocontexto não associativo não ocorre de maneira direta uma vez que o menor loop deMoufang finito simples tem ordem 120 e não possui subloop de ordem 5. Foi analisada aaplicação destes teoremas para duas categoriasde loops de Moufang de ordem par: os loops de Cheine os loops de Paige. Para os loops de Chein vemos que dois subloops de Sylow são conjugados. Para os loops de Paige P(q) vericamos a existência e o númerode p-subloops de Sylow. / In this work Sylow's theorems for nite Moufang loops were investigated. The validity of these theorems in a non-associative context does not occur directly as the smallest simple nite Moufang loop hasorder 120 and contains no subloopo forder 5. We analyzed the application of these theorems for two categories of Moufang loops of even order: Chein loop sand Paige loops.For Chein loops we can see that any two Sylow's sub loop sare always conjugated. For Paige loops P(q) we verifed the existence of p-Sylow subloops and studied their number.

The Hochschild cohomology of an associative algebra records information about the deformations of that algebra, and hence the first step toward understanding its deformations is an examination of the Hochschild cohomology. In this dissertation, we use techniques from homological algebra, invariant theory, and combinatorics to analyze the Hochschild cohomology of skew group algebras arising from finite cyclic groups acting on polynomial rings over fields of arbitrary characteristic. These algebras are the natural semidirect product of the group ring with the polynomial ring. Many families of algebras arise as deformations of skew group algebras, such as symplectic reflection algebras and rational Cherednik algebras. We give an explicit description of the Hochschild cohomology governing graded deformations of skew group algebras for cyclic groups acting on polynomial rings. For skew group algebras, a description of the Hochschild cohomology is known in the nonmodular setting (i.e., when the characteristic of the field and the order of the group are coprime). However, in the modular setting (i.e., when the characteristic of the field divides the order of the group), much less is known, as techniques commonly used in the nonmodular setting are not available.