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An algorithm for the unit group of the Burnside ring of a finite group

Group Theory 2008-08-11 v1 K-Theory and Homology Representation Theory

Abstract

In this note we present an algorithm for the construction of the unit group of the Burnside ring Ω(G)\Omega(G) of a finite group GG from a list of representatives of the conjugacy classes of subgroups of G.

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@article{arxiv.0808.1232,
  title  = {An algorithm for the unit group of the Burnside ring of a finite group},
  author = {Robert Boltje and Goetz Pfeiffer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1232},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

corrected and slightly extended version of the article published in: Groups St. Andrews 2005. Vol. 1, 230--236, London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser., 339, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2007