We study partial homology and cohomology from ring theoretic point of view via the partial group algebra $mathbb{K}_{par}G$. In particular, we link the partial homology and cohomology of a group $G$ with coefficients in an irreducible (resp. indecomposable) $mathbb{K}_{par}G$-module with the ordinary homology and cohomology groups of $G$ with in general non-trivial coefficients. Furthermore, we compare the standard cohomological dimension $cd_{ mathbb{K}}(G)$ (over a field $mathbb{K}$) with the partial cohomological dimension $cd_{ mathbb{K}}^{par}(G)$ (over $mathbb{K}$) and show that $cd_{ mathbb{K}}^{par}(G) geq cd_{ mathbb{K}}(G)$ and that there is equality for $G = mathbb{Z}$.
Let $R$ be a commutative Noetherian ring with unit. We classify the characters of the group $mathrm{EL}_d (R)$ provided that $d$ is greater than the stable range of the ring $R$. It follows that every character of $mathrm{EL}_d (R)$ is induced from a finite dimensional representation. Towards our main result we classify $mathrm{EL}_d (R)$-invariant probability measures on the Pontryagin dual group of $R^d$.
For modules over group rings we introduce the following numerical parameter. We say that a module A over a ring R has finite r-generator property if each f.g. (finitely generated) R-submodule of A can be generated exactly by r elements and there exists a f.g. R-submodule D of A, which has a minimal generating subset, consisting exactly of r elements. Let FG be the group algebra of a finite group G over a field F. In the present paper modules over the algebra FG having finite generator property are described.
A long standing problem, which has its roots in low-dimensional homotopy theory, is to classify all finite groups $G$ for which the integral group ring $mathbb{Z}G$ has stably free cancellation (SFC). We extend results of R. G. Swan by giving a condition for SFC and use this to show that $mathbb{Z}G$ has SFC provided at most one copy of the quaternions $mathbb{H}$ occurs in the Wedderburn decomposition of the real group ring $mathbb{R}G$. This generalises the Eichler condition in the case of integral group rings.
This paper is a new contribution to the study of regular subgroups of the affine group $AGL_n(F)$, for any field $F$. In particular we associate to any partition $lambda eq (1^{n+1})$ of $n+1$ abelian regular subgroups in such a way that different partitions define non-conjugate subgroups. Moreover, we classify the regular subgroups of certain natural types for $nleq 4$. Our classification is equivalent to the classification of split local algebras of dimension $n+1$ over $F$. Our methods, based on classical results of linear algebra, are computer free.