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On the Morava K-theory of some finite 2-groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 1997
Abstract
For any fixed prime p and any non-negative integer n there is a 2(pn − 1)-periodic generalized cohomology theory K(n)*, the nth Morava K-theory. Let G be a finite group and BG its classifying space. For some time now it has been conjectured that K(n)*(BG) is concentrated in even dimensions. Standard transfer arguments show that a finite group enjoys this property whenever its p-Sylow subgroup does, so one is reduced to verifying the conjecture for p-groups. It is easy to see that it holds for abelian groups, and it has been proved for some non-abelian groups as well, namely groups of order p3 ([7]) and certain wreath products ([3], [2]). In this note we consider finite (non-abelian) 2-groups with maximal normal cyclic subgroup, i.e. dihedral, semidihedral, quasidihedral and generalized quaternion groups of order a power of two.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 121 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 7 - 13
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