Math 583 Group Cohomology, Spring Quarter 2014
12:30-1:20, MWF, PDL C-36


Josh Swanson`s notes (please contact Josh if you are willing to help editing)

 

Homework 1, due Friday, May 2, 2014

Solutions (courtesy of Josh Swanson)

Homework 2, due Friday, May 30, 2014

 

Schedule: No class during the week of May 19. Use class time to prepare for your presentations.

We’ll schedule some additional lazy afternoon sessions in the last week with cookies provided.

 

Presentations – last two weeks of class:

·         Leray-Serre spectral sequence and applications. Josh and James, May 28, 30.

·         Finite generation of group cohomology, Becca and Riley, June 2, 4

·         Cech and sheaf cohomology, Hao, June 6

Slightly more detailed assignments are here

 

References:

1.      C. Weibel,  An introduction to homological algebra (1995)

2.      K. Brown, Cohomology of groups

3.      L. Evens, Cohomology of groups

4.      D. Benson, Representations and cohomology, I, II

5.      A. Adem, R.J.Milgram, Cohomology of finite groups (2004)