{"product_id":"representation-theory-of-finite-group-extensions-clifford-theory-mackey-obstruction-and-the-orbit-method-9783031138720","title":"Representation Theory of Finite Group Extensions:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis monograph adopts an operational and functional analytic approach to the following problem: given a short exact sequence (group extension) 1 → N → G → H → 1 of finite groups, describe the irreducible representations of G by means of the structure of the group extension. This problem has attracted many mathematicians, including I. Schur, A.H. Clifford, and G. Mackey and, more recently, M. Isaacs, B. Huppert, Y.G. Berkovich \u0026amp; E.M. Zhmud, and J.M.G. Fell \u0026amp; R.S. Doran.\u003cp\u003eThe main topics are, on the one hand, Clifford Theory and the Little Group Method (of Mackey and Wigner) for induced representations, and, on the other hand, Kirillov’s Orbit Method (for step-2 nilpotent groups of odd order) which establishes a natural and powerful correspondence between Lie rings and nilpotent groups. As an application, a detailed description is given of the representation theory of the alternating groups, of metacyclic, quaternionic, dihedral groups, and of the (finite) Heisenberg group. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Little Group Method may be applied if and only if a suitable unitary 2-cocycle (the Mackey obstruction) is trivial. To overcome this obstacle, (unitary) projective representations are introduced and corresponding Mackey and Clifford theories are developed. The commutant of an induced representation and the relative Hecke algebra is also examined. Finally, there is a comprehensive exposition of the theory of projective representations for finite Abelian groups which is applied to obtain a complete description of the irreducible representations of finite metabelian groups of odd order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- 1. Preliminaries. - 2. Clifford Theory. - 3. Abelian Extensions. - 4. The Little Group Method for Abelian Extensions. - 5. Examples and Applications. - 6. Central Extensions and the Orbit Method. - 7. Representations of Finite Group Extensions via Projective Representations. - 8. Induced Projective Representations. - 9. Clifford Theory for Projective Representations. - 10 Projective Representations of Finite Abelian Groups with Applications.","brand":"Springer International Publishing AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470475563351,"sku":"9783031138720","price":107.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/representation-theory-of-finite-group-extensions-clifford-theory-mackey-obstruction-and-the-orbit-method-9783031138720","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}