The main purpose of this thesis is to describe methods of constructing computer-free proofs of existence of finite groups and give useful techniques to perform double coset enumeration of groups with symmetric presentations over their control groups.

In this paper linear representations of finite groups are introduced, and the associated character theory with it. Some work of linear representations of the dihedral group $D_n$ and the symmetric group $S_n$ is presented. \\We also take a look at the finite matrix groups $\textbf{GL}(\mathbb{F}_q)$ and $\textbf{SL}(\mathbb{F}_q)$. The character table for $\textbf{SL}(\mathbb{F}_4)$ and its representation spaces in an implicit form are calculated. We define the standard representation $\varphi $ of $\textbf{SL}(\mathbb{F}_q)$ and prove that it is irreducible for an arbitrary finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$.

We provide a combinatorial interpretation of the frequency of any irreducible representation of Sn in representations of Sn arising from group actions on words. Recognizing that representations arising from group actions naturally split across orbits yields combinatorial interpretations of the irreducible decompositions of representations from similar group actions. The generalization from group actions on words to group actions on matrices gives rise to representations that prove to be much less transparent. We share the progress made thus far on the open problem of determining the irreducible decomposition of certain representations of Sm × Sn arising from group actions on matrices.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Mathematics)) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / A finite group G is called (l, m, n)-generated, if it is a quotient group of the triangle group T(l, m, n) = x, y, z|xl = ym = zn = xyz = 1-. In [43], Moori posed the question of finding all the (p, q, r) triples, where p, q and r are prime numbers, such that a non-abelian finite simple group G is a (p, q, r)-generated. In this thesis, we will establish all the (p, q, r)-generations of the following groups, the Mathieu sporadic simple group M23, the alternating group A11 and the symplectic group Sp(6, 2). Let X be a conjugacy class of a finite group G. The rank of X in G, denoted by rank(G : X), is defined to be the minimum number of elements of X generating G. We investigate the ranks of the non-identity conjugacy classes of the above three mentioned finite simple groups. The Groups, Algorithms and Programming (GAP) [26] and the Atlas of finite group representatives [55] are used in our computation / University of Limpopo

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In 2003 Cohn and Umans introduced a new group-theoretic framework for doing fast matrix multiplications, with several conjectures that would imply the matrix multiplication exponent $\omega$ is 2. Their methods have been used to match one of the fastest known algorithms by Coppersmith and Winograd, which runs in $O(n^{2.376})$ time and implies that $\omega \leq 2.376$. This thesis discusses the framework that Cohn and Umans came up with and presents some new results in constructing combinatorial objects called uniquely solvable puzzles that were introduced in a 2005 follow-up paper, and which play a crucial role in one of the $\omega = 2$ conjectures.

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Orientador: Maria Gorete Carreira Andrade / Banca: Edivaldo Lopes dos Santos / Banca: Ermínia de Lourdes Campello Fanti / Resumo: O objetivo principal deste trabalho é apresentar em detalhes um estudo sobre dois critérios para G-coincidências de aplicações de um espaço particular X em um CW complexo, onde G é um grupo finito. No primeiro critério G é o grupo cíclico de ordem p, com p um primo ímpar e X é uma esfera de dimensão ímpar. No segundo critério, que estende o primeiro, G é um grupo finito qualquer e X é um CW complexo com o mesmo tipo de homotopia de uma esfera de dimensão ímpar. Para o estudo desses critérios foram necessários alguns resultados da teoria de cohomologia de grupos finitos com ênfase em grupos com cohomologia periódica segundo a teoria de cohomologia de Tate. / Abstract: The main objective of htis work is to present in details a study about two criteria for G-coincidences of maps from a particular spaca X into a CW-complex, where G is a finite group. In the first criterion G is the cyclic group of order p, with p an odd prime and X is an odd dimensional sphere. In the second criterion, wich extends the firt, G is any finite group and X is a CW-complex with the same type of homotopy of an odd dimensional sphere. For the study of those criteria were needed some results from the theory of cohomology of finite groups with emphasis on groups with periodic cohomology according to the Tate cohomology theory. / Mestre

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Esta dissertaÃÃo està dividida em dois capÃtulos. O primeiro capÃtulo apresenta os AnÃis de Grupos, os Grupos de Frobenius e suas respectivas propriedades. No inÃcio do segundo capÃtulo sÃo apresentadas as Conjecturas de Zassenhaus. A versÃo mais fraca dessas conjecturas à demonstrada para Grupos de Amitsur. No final do segundo capÃtulo, a validade dessa mesma versÃo à provada para Grupos de Frobenius.Tais Grupos de Frobenius sÃo aqueles cujo complemento verifica-se a validade dessa conjectura. Na parte final sÃo apresentados os subgrupos de Hall e o Teorema de Schur-Zassenhaus. / This dissertation is divided into two chapters. The first chapter introduces the Group Rings, the Frobenius Groups and their properties. In the beginning of the second chapter are presented Conjectures of Zassenhaus . The weaker version of these conjectures is demonstrated for Amitsur Groups. At the end of the second chapter, the validity of that version is proven to Frobenius Groups. Such Frobenius Groups are those whose complement, checks the validity of this conjecture. In the final part we present the Hall subgroups and Schur-Zassenhaus Theorem.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Nosso objetivo nesse trabalho à apresentar uma generalizaÃÃo das mÃtricas quasi-Einstein para campo de vetores suaves nÃo necessariamente gradiente, alÃm disso, apresentar algumas fÃrmulas integrais para mÃtricas quasi-Einstein gradiente definidas numa variedade compacta e como aplicaÃÃo expor trÃs resultados importantes, sendo um deles uma caracterizaÃÃo para tais classes de variedades compactas de dimensÃo dois. / Our objective in this work is to present a generalization of quasi-Einstein metrics for vector field is not necessarily smooth gradient also present some integral formulas for compact quasi-Einstein metrics defined in a compact and as application set out three important results, one being characterized such classes for a compact manifolds of dimension two.