Publication Date

2003

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Seelinger, George Francis, 1963-||Blair, William D.

Degree Name

Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)

Legacy Department

Department of Mathematical Sciences

LCSH

Cocycles; Geometry; Algebraic; Algebra; Homological

Abstract

The theory of weak 2-cocycles is a generalization of the classical theory of Galois 2-cocycles, in that the weak 2-cocycles can take on zero values in a field instead of the abelian group of units in the field. For a fixed base field and a fixed Galois group, the corresponding weak 2-cocycles then form an affine variety. We show that this variety is a singular toric variety. Then we use the toric variety structure to discuss the Cohen-Macaulayness of the variety and the freeness of finitely generated projective modules over the coordinate ring of that variety. We also consider idempotent weak 2-cocyles and show that these idempotents stratify the variety of weak 2-cocycles. This stratification allows us to further analyze the geometry of the variety.

Comments

Includes bibliographical references (pages [58]-59).

Extent

59 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

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