The goal of this paper is to extend Sanders Mac Lane's formulation of the torsion product as equivalence classes of projective chain complexes in the setting of modules over a ring to the setting of modules over small categories. The motivation to extend the definition was with a specific view to the orbit category. The main difficulty was in defining an appropriate dual for modules over small categories. During the course of our investigation it was discovered that modules over small categories can be formulated as modules over a matrix ring without losing any of the key features. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

In this thesis we study gradings on blocks of group algebras. The motivation to study gradings on blocks of group algebras and their transfer via derived and stable equivalences originates from some of the most important open conjectures in representation theory, such as Broue’s abelian defect group conjecture. This conjecture predicts the existence of derived equivalences between categories of modules. Some attempts to prove Broue’s conjecture by lifting stable equivalences to derived equivalences highlight the importance of understanding the connection between transferring gradings via stable equivalences and transferring gradings via derived equivalences. The main idea that we use is the following. We start with an algebra which can be easily graded, and transfer this grading via derived or stable equivalence to another algebra which is not easily graded. We investigate the properties of the resulting grading. In the first chapter we list the background results that will be used in this thesis. In the second chapter we study gradings on Brauer tree algebras, a class of algebras that contains blocks of group algebras with cyclic defect groups. We show that there is a unique grading up to graded Morita equivalence and rescaling on an arbitrary basic Brauer tree algebra. The third chapter is devoted to the study of gradings on tame blocks of group algebras. We study extensively the class of blocks with dihedral defect groups. We investigate the existence, positivity and tightness of gradings, and we classify all gradings on these blocks up to graded Morita equivalence. The last chapter deals with the problem of transferring gradings via stable equivalences between blocks of group algebras. We demonstrate on three examples how such a transfer via stable equivalences is achieved between Brauer correspondents, where the group in question is a TI group.

La thèse présente une analyse conceptuelle de l'évolution du concept d'espace topologique. En particulier, elle se concentre sur la transition des espaces topologiques hérités de Hausdorff aux topos de Grothendieck. Il en ressort que, par rapport aux espaces topologiques traditionnels, les topos transforment radicalement la conceptualisation topologique de l'espace. Alors qu'un espace topologique est un ensemble de points muni d'une structure induite par certains sous-ensembles appelés ouverts, un topos est plutôt une catégorie satisfaisant certaines propriétés d'exactitude. L'aspect le plus important de cette transformation tient à un renversement de la relation dialectique unissant un espace à ses points. Un espace topologique est entièrement déterminé par ses points, ceux-ci étant compris comme des unités indivisibles et sans structure. L'identité de l'espace est donc celle que lui insufflent ses points. À l'opposé, les points et les ouverts d'un topos sont déterminés par la structure de celui-ci. Qui plus est, la nature des points change: ils ne sont plus premiers et indivisibles. En effet, les points d'un topos disposent eux-mêmes d'une structure. L'analyse met également en évidence que le concept d'espace topologique évolua selon une dynamique de rupture et de continuité. Entre 1945 et 1957, la topologie algébrique et, dans une certaine mesure, la géométrie algébrique furent l'objet de changements fondamentaux. Les livres Foundations of Algebraic Topology de Eilenberg et Steenrod et Homological Algebra de Cartan et Eilenberg de même que la théorie des faisceaux modifièrent profondément l'étude des espaces topologiques. En contrepartie, ces ruptures ne furent pas assez profondes pour altérer la conceptualisation topologique de l'espace elle-même. Ces ruptures doivent donc être considérées comme des microfractures dans la perspective de l'évolution du concept d'espace topologique. La rupture définitive ne survint qu'au début des années 1960 avec l'avènement des topos dans le cadre de la vaste refonte de la géométrie algébrique entreprise par Grothendieck. La clé fut l'utilisation novatrice que fit Grothendieck de la théorie des catégories. Alors que ses prédécesseurs n'y voyaient qu'un langage utile pour exprimer certaines idées mathématiques, Grothendieck l'emploie comme un outil de clarification conceptuelle. Ce faisant, il se trouve à mettre de l'avant une approche axiomatico-catégorielle des mathématiques. Or, cette rupture était tributaire des innovations associées à Foundations of Algebraic Topology, Homological Algebra et la théorie des faisceaux. La théorie des catégories permit à Grothendieck d'exploiter le plein potentiel des idées introduites par ces ruptures partielles. D'un point de vue épistémologique, la transition des espaces topologiques aux topos doit alors être vue comme s'inscrivant dans un changement de position normative en mathématiques, soit celui des mathématiques modernes vers les mathématiques contemporaines. / The thesis presents a conceptual analysis of the evolution of the topological space concept. More specifically, it looks at the transition from topological spaces inherited from Hausdorff to Grothendieck toposes. This analysis intends to show that, in comparison to traditional topological spaces, toposes radically transform the topological conceptualization of space. While a topological space is a set of points equipped with a structure induced by some of its subsets called open, a topos is a category satisfying exactness properties. The most important aspect of this transformation is the reversal of the dialectic between a space and its points. A topological space is totally determined by its points who are in turn understood as being indivisible and devoided of any structure. The identity of the space is thus that induced by its points. Conversely, the points and the open of a topos are determined by its very structure. This entails a change in the nature of the points: they are no longer seen as basic nor as indivisible. Indeed, the points of a topos actually have a structure. The analysis also shows that the evolution of the topological space concept followed a pattern of rupture and continuity. From 1945 to 1957, algebraic topology and, to a lesser extend, algebraic geometry, went through fundamental changes. The books Foundations of Algebraic Topology by Eilenberg and Steenrod and Homological Algebra by Cartan and Eilenberg as well as sheaf theory deeply modified the way topological spaces were studied. However, these ruptures were not deep enough to change the topological conceptualization of space itself. From the point of view of the evolution of the topological space concept, they therefore must be seen as microfractures. The definitive rupture only occurred in the early 1960s when Grothendieck introduced toposes in the context of his reform of algebraic geometry. The key was his novel use of category theory. While mathematicians before him saw category theory as a convenient language to organize or express mathematical ideas, Grothendieck used it as a tool for conceptual clarification. Grothendieck thus put forward a new approach to mathematics best described as axiomatico-categorical. Yet, this rupture was dependent of the innovations associated with Foundations of Algebraic Topology, Homological Algebra and sheaf theory. It is category theory that allowed Grothendieck to reveal the full potentiel of the ideas introduced by these partial ruptures. From an epistemic point of view, the transition from topological spaces to toposes must therefore be seen as revealing a change of normative position in mathematics, that is that from modernist mathematics to contemporary mathematics.

La thèse présente une analyse conceptuelle de l'évolution du concept d'espace topologique. En particulier, elle se concentre sur la transition des espaces topologiques hérités de Hausdorff aux topos de Grothendieck. Il en ressort que, par rapport aux espaces topologiques traditionnels, les topos transforment radicalement la conceptualisation topologique de l'espace. Alors qu'un espace topologique est un ensemble de points muni d'une structure induite par certains sous-ensembles appelés ouverts, un topos est plutôt une catégorie satisfaisant certaines propriétés d'exactitude. L'aspect le plus important de cette transformation tient à un renversement de la relation dialectique unissant un espace à ses points. Un espace topologique est entièrement déterminé par ses points, ceux-ci étant compris comme des unités indivisibles et sans structure. L'identité de l'espace est donc celle que lui insufflent ses points. À l'opposé, les points et les ouverts d'un topos sont déterminés par la structure de celui-ci. Qui plus est, la nature des points change: ils ne sont plus premiers et indivisibles. En effet, les points d'un topos disposent eux-mêmes d'une structure. L'analyse met également en évidence que le concept d'espace topologique évolua selon une dynamique de rupture et de continuité. Entre 1945 et 1957, la topologie algébrique et, dans une certaine mesure, la géométrie algébrique furent l'objet de changements fondamentaux. Les livres Foundations of Algebraic Topology de Eilenberg et Steenrod et Homological Algebra de Cartan et Eilenberg de même que la théorie des faisceaux modifièrent profondément l'étude des espaces topologiques. En contrepartie, ces ruptures ne furent pas assez profondes pour altérer la conceptualisation topologique de l'espace elle-même. Ces ruptures doivent donc être considérées comme des microfractures dans la perspective de l'évolution du concept d'espace topologique. La rupture définitive ne survint qu'au début des années 1960 avec l'avènement des topos dans le cadre de la vaste refonte de la géométrie algébrique entreprise par Grothendieck. La clé fut l'utilisation novatrice que fit Grothendieck de la théorie des catégories. Alors que ses prédécesseurs n'y voyaient qu'un langage utile pour exprimer certaines idées mathématiques, Grothendieck l'emploie comme un outil de clarification conceptuelle. Ce faisant, il se trouve à mettre de l'avant une approche axiomatico-catégorielle des mathématiques. Or, cette rupture était tributaire des innovations associées à Foundations of Algebraic Topology, Homological Algebra et la théorie des faisceaux. La théorie des catégories permit à Grothendieck d'exploiter le plein potentiel des idées introduites par ces ruptures partielles. D'un point de vue épistémologique, la transition des espaces topologiques aux topos doit alors être vue comme s'inscrivant dans un changement de position normative en mathématiques, soit celui des mathématiques modernes vers les mathématiques contemporaines. / The thesis presents a conceptual analysis of the evolution of the topological space concept. More specifically, it looks at the transition from topological spaces inherited from Hausdorff to Grothendieck toposes. This analysis intends to show that, in comparison to traditional topological spaces, toposes radically transform the topological conceptualization of space. While a topological space is a set of points equipped with a structure induced by some of its subsets called open, a topos is a category satisfying exactness properties. The most important aspect of this transformation is the reversal of the dialectic between a space and its points. A topological space is totally determined by its points who are in turn understood as being indivisible and devoided of any structure. The identity of the space is thus that induced by its points. Conversely, the points and the open of a topos are determined by its very structure. This entails a change in the nature of the points: they are no longer seen as basic nor as indivisible. Indeed, the points of a topos actually have a structure. The analysis also shows that the evolution of the topological space concept followed a pattern of rupture and continuity. From 1945 to 1957, algebraic topology and, to a lesser extend, algebraic geometry, went through fundamental changes. The books Foundations of Algebraic Topology by Eilenberg and Steenrod and Homological Algebra by Cartan and Eilenberg as well as sheaf theory deeply modified the way topological spaces were studied. However, these ruptures were not deep enough to change the topological conceptualization of space itself. From the point of view of the evolution of the topological space concept, they therefore must be seen as microfractures. The definitive rupture only occurred in the early 1960s when Grothendieck introduced toposes in the context of his reform of algebraic geometry. The key was his novel use of category theory. While mathematicians before him saw category theory as a convenient language to organize or express mathematical ideas, Grothendieck used it as a tool for conceptual clarification. Grothendieck thus put forward a new approach to mathematics best described as axiomatico-categorical. Yet, this rupture was dependent of the innovations associated with Foundations of Algebraic Topology, Homological Algebra and sheaf theory. It is category theory that allowed Grothendieck to reveal the full potentiel of the ideas introduced by these partial ruptures. From an epistemic point of view, the transition from topological spaces to toposes must therefore be seen as revealing a change of normative position in mathematics, that is that from modernist mathematics to contemporary mathematics.

Orientador: Dessislava Hristova Kochloukova / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matematica, Estatistica e Computação Cientifica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-13T12:02:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martin_MariaEugenia_M.pdf: 974097 bytes, checksum: 862be4d1ac3b05cc1a28ba59cf6c0460 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Nesta dissertação discutimos propriedades homológicas de grupos discretos e grupos pro-p. Em particular trabalhamos com grupos abstratos de dualidade de Poincaré orientáveis de dimensão três e seu completamento pro-p. Os primeiros capítulos da dissertação incluem uma exposição sobre as propriedades homológicas básicas de grupos abstratos e grupos pro-p. Finalmente, descrevemos um resultado recente de [KZ], publicado em Transactions MAS ( 2008), que clássica quando o completamento pro-p de um grupo de dualidade de Poincaré orientável de dimensão três de um grupo pro-p de dualidade de Poincaré orientável de dimensão três / Abstract: In this dissertation we discuss homological properties of discrete groups and pro-p groups. In particular we work with groups of abstract of Poincaré duality of dimension three steerable and its pro-p completion. The first chapters of the dissertation include a presentation on the basic homological properties of abstract groups and pro-p groups. Finally, we describe a recent result of [KZ], published in Transactions AMS (2008), which ranks as the pro-p completion of a group of Poincare-steerable dual dimension of three is a group of pro-p duality of Poincare -steerable in three dimensions / Mestrado / Mestre em Matemática

Orientador: Dessislava Hristova Kochloukova / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T17:04:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lima_IgordosSantos_D.pdf: 1446540 bytes, checksum: 1e68bfb627d234fa97739cd2e813b4a9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, nos Teoremas Principais, damos condições suficientes para que o completamento pro-p de um grupo abstrato PDn seja virtualmente um grupo pro-p PDs para algum s ? n - 2 com n ? 4. Esse resultado é uma generalização do Teorema 3 em [K-2009]. Nossa prova é baseada em [K-2009] e nos resultados de A. A. Korenev [Ko-2004] e [Ko-2005]. Além disso, damos alguns exemplos de grupos que satisfazem as condições dos Teoremas Principais / Abstract: In this work we give in the Main Theorems suffiient conditions for that the pro- p completion of an abstract orientable PDn group to be virtually a pro-p PDs group for some s ? n - 2 with n ? 4. This result is a generalization of the Theorem 3 in [K-2009]. Our proof is based on [K-2009] and on the results of A. A. Korenev [Ko-2004] and [Ko-2005]. Furthermore we give some examples of groups that satisfy the conditions of the Main Theorems / Doutorado / Matematica / Doutor em Matemática

We give an explicit description of the Loday assembly map on homotopy groups when restricted to a subgroup coming from the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence. This proves and generalises a formula about the Loday assembly map on the first homotopy group that originally appeared in work of Waldhausen. Furthermore, we show that the Loday assembly map is injective on the second homotopy groups for a large class of integral group rings. Finally, we show that our methods can be used to compute the universal assembly map on homotopy.

There has been in the past ten to fifteen years a surge of activity concerning the cohomology of semi-direct product groups of the form $\mathbb{Z}^{n}\rtimes$G with G finite. A problem first stated by Adem-Ge-Pan-Petrosyan asks for suitable conditions for the Lyndon-Hochschild-Serre Spectral Sequence associated to this group extension to collapse at second page of the Lyndon-Hochschild-Serre spectral sequence. In this thesis we use facts from integer representation theory to reduce this problem to only considering representatives from each genus of representations, and establish techniques for constructing new examples in which the spectral sequence collapses.

Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons aux propriétés homotopiques des algèbres sur une opérade, desopérades elles-mêmes et des opérades colorées, dans le monde des complexes de chaînes. Nousintroduisons une nouvelle adjonction bar-cobar entre les opérades unitaires et les coopéradesconilpotentes courbées. Ceci nous permet de munir ces dernières d'une structure de modèles induite parla structure projective des opérades le long de cette adjonction, qui devient alors une équivalence deQuillen. Ce résultat permet de passer, sans perte d'information homotopique, dans le monde descoopérades qui est plus puissant : on peut y décrire, par exemple, les objets fibrants-cofibrants en termesd'opérades à homotopie près. Nous appliquons ensuite la même stratégie aux algèbres sur une opérade.Pour cela, on munit la catégorie des cogèbres sur la coopérade duale de Koszul d'une structure demodèles induite par celle de la catégorie des algèbres d'origine le long de leur adjonction bar-cobar, quidevient une équivalence de Quillen. Cela nous permet de décrire explicitement pour la première fois despropriétés homotopique des algèbres sur une opérade non nécessairement augmentée. Dans unedernière partie, nous introduisons la notion d'opérade colorée à homotopie près que nous arrivons àcomparer aux infinies-opérades de Moerdijk--Weiss au moyen d'un foncteur : le nerf dendroidal. Nousmontrons qu'il étend des constructions dues à Lurie et à Faonte et nous étudions ses propriétéshomotopiques. En particulier, sa restriction aux opérades colorées est un foncteur de Quillen à droite.Tout ceci permet de relier explicitement deux mondes des opérades supérieures / This thesis deals with the homotopical properties of algebras over an operad, of operads themselves andof colored operads, in the framework of chain complexes. We introduce a new bar-cobar adjunctionbetween unital operads and curved conilpotent cooperads. This allows us to endow the latter with aDépôt de thèseDonnées complémentairesmodel structure induced by the projective model structure on operads along this adjunction, which thenbecomes a Quillen-equivalence. This result allows us to study the homotopy theory of operads in theworld of cooperads which is more powerful: for instance, fibrant-cofibrant objects can be described interms of operads up to homotopy. We then apply the same strategy to algebras over an operad. Morespecifically, we endow the category of coalgebras over the Koszul dual cooperad with a model structureinduced by that of the category of algebras along their bar-cobar adjunction, which becomes a Quillenequivalence.This allows us to describe explicitly for the first time some homotopy properties of algebrasover a not necessarily augmented operad. In the last part, we introduce the notion of homotopy coloredoperad that we compare to Moerdijk--Weiss' infinity-operads by means of a functor: the dendroidalnerve. We show that it extends existing constructions due to Lurie and Faonte and we study itshomotopical properties. In particular, we show that its restriction to colored operads is a right Quillenfunctor. All this allows us to connect explicitly two different worlds of higher operads

Spectral sequences were developed during the mid-twentieth century as a way of computing (co)homology, and have wide uses in both algebraic topology and algebraic geometry.  Grothendieck introduced in his Tôhoku paper the Grothendieck spectral sequence, which given left exact functors $F$ and $G$ between abelian categories, uses the right-derived functors of $F$ and $G$ as initial data and converges to the right-derived functors of the composition $G\circ F.$  This thesis focuses on instead constructing a spectral sequence that uses the derived functors of $G$ and $G\circ F$ as initial data and converges to the derived functors of $F.$ Our approach takes inspiration from the construction of the Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence, which given a fibration of topological spaces can calculate the singular cohomology of the fiber from the singular cohomology of the base space and total space. The Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence can be constructed through the use of differential graded algebras and their bar construction, since this defines a double complex for which the column-wise filtration of the corresponding total complex induces the spectral sequence. The correct analogue of this with respect to composite functors is the bar construction for monads. Specifically, we let $G$ have an exact left adjoint $H$, which makes $G\circ H$ into a monad. Then, we extend our adjunction so that the derived functor $RG$ has left adjoint $RH$ in the corresponding derived categories, making $RG\circ RH$ into a monad. This allows us to apply the bar construction in the derived category, but we show that there emerge issues in obtaining a double complex and subsequent total complex from this construction.  Additionally, we present the essential theory of spectral sequences in general, and of the Serre, Eilenberg-Moore and Grothendieck spectral sequences in particular. / Spektralsekvenser utvecklades under mitten av 1900-talet som ett verktyg för att beräkna (ko)homologi, och har många användningsområden inom både algebraisk topologi och algebraisk geometri. Grothendieck introducerade i sin Tôhoku-artikel Grothendieck-spektralsekvensen, som givet vänsterexakta funktorer $F$ och $G$ mellan abelska kategorier använder de högerderiverade funktorerna av $F$ och $G$ som initialdata och som konvergerar till de högerderiverade funktorerna av kompositionen $G\circ F$. Denna masteruppsats fokuserar på att istället konstruera en spektralsekvens som använder de deriverade funktorerna av $G$ och $G\circ F$ som initialdata och konvergerar till de deriverade funktorerna av $F$. Vår metod tar inspiration från konstruktionen av Eilenberg-Moore-spektralsekvensen, som givet en fibrering av topologiska rum kan beräkna den singulära kohomologin av fibern från den singulära kohomologin av basrummet och totalrummet. Eilenberg-Moore spektralsekvensen kan konstrueras genom användningen av graderade differentialalgebror och deras bar-konstruktion, eftersom detta definierar ett dubbelkomplex vars kolumnvisa filtrering av det resulterande totalkomplexet inducerar spektralsekvensen. Vad gäller kompositioner av funktorer så är den korrekta analogin till detta bar-konstruktionen för monader. Specifikt så låter vi $G$ ha en exakt vänsteradjungerad funktor $H$, vilket gör $G\circ H$ till en monad. Sedan utvidgar vi denna adjunktion sådant att den deriverade funktorn $RG$ har vänsteradjunkt $RH$ i den deriverade kategorin, vilket gör $RG\circ RH$ till en monad. Detta ger oss möjligheten att använda bar-konstruktionen i den deriverade kategorin, men vi visar att det uppstår problem när vi ska definiera ett dubbelkomplex och resulterande totalkomplex från denna konstruktion. Utöver detta så innehåller denna uppsats en genomgång av den viktigaste teorin om spektralsekvenser i allmänhet, och om Serre-, Eilenberg-Moore- och Grothendieck-spektralsekvensen i synnerhet.