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Algebraic K-theory of crystallographic groups : the three-dimensional splitting case / Daniel Scott Farley and Ivonne Johanna Ortiz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Lecture notes in mathematics ; 2113.Publication details: Switzerland : Springer, 2014.Description: x, 148 p. ; illustrationsISBN:
  • 9783319081526 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 512.66 23 F231
Contents:
1. Introduction-- 2. Three-Dimensional point groups-- 3. Arithmetic classification of pairs (L, H)-- 4. The split three-dimensional crystallographic groups-- 5. A splitting formula for lower algebraic K-theory-- 6. Fundamental domains for the maximal groups-- 7. The homology groups-- 8. Fundamental domains for actions on spaces of planes-- 9. Cokernels of the relative assembly maps for-- 10. Summary-- References-- Index.
Summary: The Farrell-Jones isomorphism conjecture in algebraic K-theory offers a description of the algebraic K-theory of a group using a generalized homology theory. In cases where the conjecture is known to be a theorem, it gives a powerful method for computing the lower algebraic K-theory of a group. This book contains a computation of the lower algebraic K-theory of the split three-dimensional crystallographic groups, a geometrically important class of three-dimensional crystallographic group, representing a third of the total number. The book leads the reader through all aspects of the calculation. The first chapters describe the split crystallographic groups and their classifying spaces. Later chapters assemble the techniques that are needed to apply the isomorphism theorem. The result is a useful starting point for researchers who are interested in the computational side of the Farrell-Jones isomorphism conjecture, and a contribution to the growing literature in the field.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction--
2. Three-Dimensional point groups--
3. Arithmetic classification of pairs (L, H)--
4. The split three-dimensional crystallographic groups--
5. A splitting formula for lower algebraic K-theory--
6. Fundamental domains for the maximal groups--
7. The homology groups--
8. Fundamental domains for actions on spaces of planes--
9. Cokernels of the relative assembly maps for--
10. Summary--
References--
Index.

The Farrell-Jones isomorphism conjecture in algebraic K-theory offers a description of the algebraic K-theory of a group using a generalized homology theory. In cases where the conjecture is known to be a theorem, it gives a powerful method for computing the lower algebraic K-theory of a group. This book contains a computation of the lower algebraic K-theory of the split three-dimensional crystallographic groups, a geometrically important class of three-dimensional crystallographic group, representing a third of the total number. The book leads the reader through all aspects of the calculation. The first chapters describe the split crystallographic groups and their classifying spaces. Later chapters assemble the techniques that are needed to apply the isomorphism theorem. The result is a useful starting point for researchers who are interested in the computational side of the Farrell-Jones isomorphism conjecture, and a contribution to the growing literature in the field.

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