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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479864803321

Autore

Berman Joel <1943->

Titolo

Generative complexity in algebra / / Joel Berman, Paweł M. Idziak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

1-4704-0429-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, , 0065-9266 ; ; number 828

Disciplina

510 s

511.3/3

Soggetti

Ordered algebraic structures

Model theory

Algebraic varieties - Classification theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Volume 175, number 828 (end of volume)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""Chapter 2. Background Material""; ""Part 1. Introducing Generative Complexity""; ""Chapter 3. Definitions and Examples""; ""Chapter 4. Semilattices and Lattices""; ""Chapter 5. Varieties with a Large Number of Models""; ""Chapter 6. Upper Bounds""; ""Chapter 7. Categorical Invariants""; ""Part 2. Varieties with Few Models""; ""Chapter 8. Types 4 or 5 Need Not Apply""; ""Chapter 9. Semisimple May Apply""; ""Chapter 10. Permutable May also Apply""; ""Chapter 11. Forcing Modular Behavior""; ""Chapter 12. Restricting Solvable Behavior""

""Chapter 13. Varieties with Very Few Models""""Chapter 14. Restricting Nilpotent Behavior""; ""14.1. Nilpotent Congruences in non Nilpotent Algebras""; ""14.2. Nilpotent Algebras""; ""Chapter 15. Decomposing Finite Algebras""; ""Chapter 16. Restricting Afflne Behavior""; ""16.1. Expanded Modules""; ""16.2. Forcing Finite Representation Type""; ""Chapter 17. A Characterization Theorem""; ""17.1. Locally Finite Varieties with Few Models""; ""17.2. Finitely Generated Varieties with Few Models""; ""Part 3. Conclusions""; ""Chapter 18. Application to Groups and Rings""



""Chapter 19. Open Problems""""Chapter 20. Tables""; ""Bibliography""