Graduate Texts in Mathematics

2 primary works • 3 total works

Cohomology of Groups

by Kenneth S. Brown

Published 1 October 1982

Aimed at second year graduate students, this text introduces them to cohomology theory (involving a rich interplay between algebra and topology) with a minimum of prerequisites. No homological algebra is assumed beyond what is normally learned in a first course in algebraic topology, and the basics of the subject, as well as exercises, are given prior to discussion of more specialized topics.

Buildings

by Peter Abramenko and Kenneth S. Brown

Published 31 December 1989

This is a book about esoteric mathematics, not about architecture. The monograph, derived from a course taught to graduate students at Cornell in 1987, provides review of a topic which has to do with aspects of the interaction between geometry and group theory, a topic first explored (beginning abou

Buildings: Theory and Applications. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 248.

by Peter Abramenko and Kenneth S. Brown

Published 1 January 2008