Two inquiries about finite groups and well-behaved quotients

2018/03/22 by Blum-Smith, Ben · 1 citation
#13A50 #20C15 #Commutative Algebra (math.AC) #FOS: Mathematics #Representation Theory (math.RT)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1803.08417

Abstract

This thesis addresses questions in representation and invariant theory of finite groups. The first concerns singularities of quotient spaces under actions of finite groups. We introduce a class of finite groups such that the quotients have at worst abelian quotient singularities. We prove that supersolvable groups belong to this class and show that nonabelian finite simple groups do not belong to it. The second question concerns the Cohen-Macaulayness of the invariant ring ℤ[x₁,…,x_n]^G, where G is a permutation group. We prove that this ring is Cohen-Macaulay if G is generated by transpositions, double transpositions, and 3-cycles, and conjecture that the converse is true as well.

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