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EPSRC Reference: GR/R70057/01
Title: Derived equivalent blocks of a group algebra
Principal Investigator: Chuang, Professor J
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Department: Mathematics
Organisation: University of Bristol
Scheme: Fast Stream
Starts: 01 October 2001 Ends: 30 September 2004 Value (£): 58,828
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Algebra & Geometry
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Broue's abelian defect group conjecture is one of the most important and intriguing open problems in the representation theory of finite groups. It uses the language of triangulated categories to make a succinct and beautiful prediction, giving a structural explanation for earlier numerical conjectures, such as Alperin's weight conjecture. It is the starting point for a homological framework for local representation theory.There has been a lot of progress in the last few years in proving Broue's conjecture, both in verifying particular cases and in developing general strategies. One consequence of this recent work has been the discovery of unexpected self -equivalences of the derived categories of group algebras which interchange blocks. The purpose of the proposed project is to fully explore these equivalences and to develop a suitable context for studyingsimilar examples. These equivalences are not only interesting in their own right but may also provide insight into Broue's conjecture as well as into the key problem of generalising the conjecture to the nonabelian case.
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