Computational Methods for Representations of Groups and Algebras

Book excerpt: I Introductory Articles.- 1 Classification Problems in the Representation Theory of Finite-Dimensional Algebras.- 2 Noncommutative Gröbner Bases, and Projective Resolutions.- 3 Construction of Finite Matrix Groups.- II Keynote Articles.- 4 Derived Tubularity: a Computational Approach.- 5 Problems in the Calculation of Group Cohomology.- 6 On a Tensor Category for the Exceptional Lie Groups.- 7 Non-Commutative Gröbner Bases and Anick's Resolution.- 8 A new Existence Proof of Janko's Simple Group J4.- 9 The Normalization: a new Algorithm, Implementation and Comparisons.- 10 A Computer Algebra Approach to sheaves over Weighted Projective Lines.- 11 Open Problems in the Theory of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials.- 12 Relative Trace Ideals and Cohen Macaulay Quotients.- 13 On Sims' Presentation for Lyons' Simple Group.- 14 A Presentation for the Lyons Simple Group.- 15 Reduction of Weakly Definite Unit Forms.- 16 Decision Problems in Finitely Presented Groups.- 17 Some Algorithms in Invariant Theory of Finite Groups.- 18 Coxeter Transformations associated with Finite Dimensional Algebras.- 19 The 2-Modular Decomposition Numbers of Co2.- 20 Bimodule and Matrix Problems.