Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options not deleted user 4701

Questions about the branch of algebra that deals with groups.

3 votes
1 answer
1k views

What is the smallest $n$ such that $G\le S_n$? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Smallest permutation representation of a finite group? Smallest n for which G embeds in $S_n$? Cayley's theorem says that every finite group, $G$ can be thought of as a …
Adam Hughes's user avatar
  • 1,049
5 votes
2 answers
567 views

When is $\mathbb{G}_m(R)$ enough to determine $R$?

Say I have a ring, $R$, with 1 which I consider my universe, and I know its group of units $G=\mathbb{G}_m(R)$. Then given a subgroup, $H\le G$, can I determine if there is there a subring $S_H$ such …
Adam Hughes's user avatar
  • 1,049
2 votes
2 answers
1k views

Place stabilizers for the absolute Galois Group

Fix an algebraic closure, $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$ for the rationals and consider the set, $B_p$, of all places of $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$ over a fixed (possibly infinite) prime, $p$, of $\mathbb{Q}$. …
Adam Hughes's user avatar
  • 1,049
9 votes
2 answers
1k views

Is it known if the absolute Galois group is "divisible"?

The definitions of a divisible group that I have seen all seem to assume abelian is an a priori property of the group. My question is as to whether or not it is known that--given a non-torsion element …
Adam Hughes's user avatar
  • 1,049