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p-Groups are not determined by their integral cohomology groups

Algebraic Topology 2007-12-03 v1

Abstract

For each prime p, we exhibit pairs of p-groups all of whose integral cohomology groups are isomorphic. The method used involves very little calculation. The groups are exhibited as kernels of homomorphisms from a compact Lie group G to U(1), and the main result is that kernels of `similar' elements of Hom(G,U(1)) have isomorphic integral cohomology groups. The 2-groups constructed in this version have been corrected (there was a mistake in the presentations given in the published paper).

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@article{arxiv.0711.4838,
  title  = {p-Groups are not determined by their integral cohomology groups},
  author = {Ian J. Leary},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4838},
  year   = {2007}
}