Group and ring theoretic properties of polycyclic groups

by Bertram A. F. Wehrfritz

2009 128 pages eng

Polycyclic groups are built from cyclic groups in a specific way. They arise in many contexts within group theory itself but also more generally in algebra, for example in the theory of Noetherian rings. They also touch on some aspects of topology, geometry and number theory. The first half of this …