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I would like to see explicit computations of the Burnside ring $A(G)$ when $G$ is a small Abelian group, such as $G=mathbb{Z}/2,mathbb{Z}/2^n,mathbb{Z}/p^n$ where $p$ is an odd prime and $ngeqslant 1$. Here, by explicit I mean in terms of generators and relations. I know that there there is a certain map with finite cokernel. But, I don't see any generators in these descriptions. Surely, for something like $mathbb{Z}/2$ it must be well known!



I would be very grateful for any reference. Here, $mathbb{Z}/k$ is the cyclic group of order $k$.



I particular, I wonder if there is a ``canonical'' presentation of this ring?!?



I would be very grateful for any references.










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    The table of marks is a useful way to do this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_ring#Marks
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    GAP knows tables of marks for quite a few groups, see gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/ref/chap70.html
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I would like to see explicit computations of the Burnside ring $A(G)$ when $G$ is a small Abelian group, such as $G=mathbb{Z}/2,mathbb{Z}/2^n,mathbb{Z}/p^n$ where $p$ is an odd prime and $ngeqslant 1$. Here, by explicit I mean in terms of generators and relations. I know that there there is a certain map with finite cokernel. But, I don't see any generators in these descriptions. Surely, for something like $mathbb{Z}/2$ it must be well known!



I would be very grateful for any reference. Here, $mathbb{Z}/k$ is the cyclic group of order $k$.



I particular, I wonder if there is a ``canonical'' presentation of this ring?!?



I would be very grateful for any references.










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    The table of marks is a useful way to do this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_ring#Marks
    – Drew Heard
    Nov 20 at 7:55






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    GAP knows tables of marks for quite a few groups, see gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/ref/chap70.html
    – Dima Pasechnik
    Nov 24 at 16:10













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I would like to see explicit computations of the Burnside ring $A(G)$ when $G$ is a small Abelian group, such as $G=mathbb{Z}/2,mathbb{Z}/2^n,mathbb{Z}/p^n$ where $p$ is an odd prime and $ngeqslant 1$. Here, by explicit I mean in terms of generators and relations. I know that there there is a certain map with finite cokernel. But, I don't see any generators in these descriptions. Surely, for something like $mathbb{Z}/2$ it must be well known!



I would be very grateful for any reference. Here, $mathbb{Z}/k$ is the cyclic group of order $k$.



I particular, I wonder if there is a ``canonical'' presentation of this ring?!?



I would be very grateful for any references.










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I would like to see explicit computations of the Burnside ring $A(G)$ when $G$ is a small Abelian group, such as $G=mathbb{Z}/2,mathbb{Z}/2^n,mathbb{Z}/p^n$ where $p$ is an odd prime and $ngeqslant 1$. Here, by explicit I mean in terms of generators and relations. I know that there there is a certain map with finite cokernel. But, I don't see any generators in these descriptions. Surely, for something like $mathbb{Z}/2$ it must be well known!



I would be very grateful for any reference. Here, $mathbb{Z}/k$ is the cyclic group of order $k$.



I particular, I wonder if there is a ``canonical'' presentation of this ring?!?



I would be very grateful for any references.







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    The table of marks is a useful way to do this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_ring#Marks
    – Drew Heard
    Nov 20 at 7:55






  • 1




    GAP knows tables of marks for quite a few groups, see gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/ref/chap70.html
    – Dima Pasechnik
    Nov 24 at 16:10














  • 3




    The table of marks is a useful way to do this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_ring#Marks
    – Drew Heard
    Nov 20 at 7:55






  • 1




    GAP knows tables of marks for quite a few groups, see gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/ref/chap70.html
    – Dima Pasechnik
    Nov 24 at 16:10








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3




The table of marks is a useful way to do this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_ring#Marks
– Drew Heard
Nov 20 at 7:55




The table of marks is a useful way to do this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_ring#Marks
– Drew Heard
Nov 20 at 7:55




1




1




GAP knows tables of marks for quite a few groups, see gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/ref/chap70.html
– Dima Pasechnik
Nov 24 at 16:10




GAP knows tables of marks for quite a few groups, see gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/ref/chap70.html
– Dima Pasechnik
Nov 24 at 16:10










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The Bernside ring is generated by the classes of transitive $G$-sets.
The multiplication table is then given by a Mackey-like formula:
$$[G/H]times [G/K]=sum_{Hbackslash G/K} [G/H cap gKg^{-1}]$$.
This follows from the classical fact that $Hbackslash G/Kcong G backslash (G/Htimes G/K)$
For example, in the case $G=mathbb{Z}/p^n
$
the generators are $a_k = [G/(mathbb{Z}/p^k)]$ for $kle n$. The relations are then
$$a_i a_j = a_i p ^{n-j}$$ is $jge i$. This follows directly from the formula for the product and the fact that all the subgroups of an abelian group are normal, so double cosets are just cosets for the sum.






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  • Does this work when $p=2$? And is this an integral description so that $$A(G)simeqmathbb{Z}[a_itextrm{ with }ileqslant n:a_ia_j=a_ip^{n-j}textrm{ whenever }jgeqslant i]$$. And I presume there is no grading associated to the generators, right? And would this be a ``canonical presentations''?
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Although the answer by S. camell is perfect, personally I find the use of Mackey-like formula here is an over-kill.



Let's use the same notation. As a set $a_ia_j$ is just $Z/p^{n-i}times Z/p^{n-j}$,
and $Z/p^n$ is acting diagonally on this. Clearly $p^i$ acts trivially on this and $p^{i-1}$ don't fix any element, so all orbits are isomorphic to $a_i$. By counting elements of the set we see that $a_ia_j=p^{n-j}a_i$.






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    The Bernside ring is generated by the classes of transitive $G$-sets.
    The multiplication table is then given by a Mackey-like formula:
    $$[G/H]times [G/K]=sum_{Hbackslash G/K} [G/H cap gKg^{-1}]$$.
    This follows from the classical fact that $Hbackslash G/Kcong G backslash (G/Htimes G/K)$
    For example, in the case $G=mathbb{Z}/p^n
    $
    the generators are $a_k = [G/(mathbb{Z}/p^k)]$ for $kle n$. The relations are then
    $$a_i a_j = a_i p ^{n-j}$$ is $jge i$. This follows directly from the formula for the product and the fact that all the subgroups of an abelian group are normal, so double cosets are just cosets for the sum.






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    • Does this work when $p=2$? And is this an integral description so that $$A(G)simeqmathbb{Z}[a_itextrm{ with }ileqslant n:a_ia_j=a_ip^{n-j}textrm{ whenever }jgeqslant i]$$. And I presume there is no grading associated to the generators, right? And would this be a ``canonical presentations''?
      – user51223
      Nov 20 at 7:51

















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    The Bernside ring is generated by the classes of transitive $G$-sets.
    The multiplication table is then given by a Mackey-like formula:
    $$[G/H]times [G/K]=sum_{Hbackslash G/K} [G/H cap gKg^{-1}]$$.
    This follows from the classical fact that $Hbackslash G/Kcong G backslash (G/Htimes G/K)$
    For example, in the case $G=mathbb{Z}/p^n
    $
    the generators are $a_k = [G/(mathbb{Z}/p^k)]$ for $kle n$. The relations are then
    $$a_i a_j = a_i p ^{n-j}$$ is $jge i$. This follows directly from the formula for the product and the fact that all the subgroups of an abelian group are normal, so double cosets are just cosets for the sum.






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    • Does this work when $p=2$? And is this an integral description so that $$A(G)simeqmathbb{Z}[a_itextrm{ with }ileqslant n:a_ia_j=a_ip^{n-j}textrm{ whenever }jgeqslant i]$$. And I presume there is no grading associated to the generators, right? And would this be a ``canonical presentations''?
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      Nov 20 at 7:51















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    The Bernside ring is generated by the classes of transitive $G$-sets.
    The multiplication table is then given by a Mackey-like formula:
    $$[G/H]times [G/K]=sum_{Hbackslash G/K} [G/H cap gKg^{-1}]$$.
    This follows from the classical fact that $Hbackslash G/Kcong G backslash (G/Htimes G/K)$
    For example, in the case $G=mathbb{Z}/p^n
    $
    the generators are $a_k = [G/(mathbb{Z}/p^k)]$ for $kle n$. The relations are then
    $$a_i a_j = a_i p ^{n-j}$$ is $jge i$. This follows directly from the formula for the product and the fact that all the subgroups of an abelian group are normal, so double cosets are just cosets for the sum.






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    The Bernside ring is generated by the classes of transitive $G$-sets.
    The multiplication table is then given by a Mackey-like formula:
    $$[G/H]times [G/K]=sum_{Hbackslash G/K} [G/H cap gKg^{-1}]$$.
    This follows from the classical fact that $Hbackslash G/Kcong G backslash (G/Htimes G/K)$
    For example, in the case $G=mathbb{Z}/p^n
    $
    the generators are $a_k = [G/(mathbb{Z}/p^k)]$ for $kle n$. The relations are then
    $$a_i a_j = a_i p ^{n-j}$$ is $jge i$. This follows directly from the formula for the product and the fact that all the subgroups of an abelian group are normal, so double cosets are just cosets for the sum.







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    • Does this work when $p=2$? And is this an integral description so that $$A(G)simeqmathbb{Z}[a_itextrm{ with }ileqslant n:a_ia_j=a_ip^{n-j}textrm{ whenever }jgeqslant i]$$. And I presume there is no grading associated to the generators, right? And would this be a ``canonical presentations''?
      – user51223
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    • Does this work when $p=2$? And is this an integral description so that $$A(G)simeqmathbb{Z}[a_itextrm{ with }ileqslant n:a_ia_j=a_ip^{n-j}textrm{ whenever }jgeqslant i]$$. And I presume there is no grading associated to the generators, right? And would this be a ``canonical presentations''?
      – user51223
      Nov 20 at 7:51


















    Does this work when $p=2$? And is this an integral description so that $$A(G)simeqmathbb{Z}[a_itextrm{ with }ileqslant n:a_ia_j=a_ip^{n-j}textrm{ whenever }jgeqslant i]$$. And I presume there is no grading associated to the generators, right? And would this be a ``canonical presentations''?
    – user51223
    Nov 20 at 7:51






    Does this work when $p=2$? And is this an integral description so that $$A(G)simeqmathbb{Z}[a_itextrm{ with }ileqslant n:a_ia_j=a_ip^{n-j}textrm{ whenever }jgeqslant i]$$. And I presume there is no grading associated to the generators, right? And would this be a ``canonical presentations''?
    – user51223
    Nov 20 at 7:51












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    Although the answer by S. camell is perfect, personally I find the use of Mackey-like formula here is an over-kill.



    Let's use the same notation. As a set $a_ia_j$ is just $Z/p^{n-i}times Z/p^{n-j}$,
    and $Z/p^n$ is acting diagonally on this. Clearly $p^i$ acts trivially on this and $p^{i-1}$ don't fix any element, so all orbits are isomorphic to $a_i$. By counting elements of the set we see that $a_ia_j=p^{n-j}a_i$.






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      Although the answer by S. camell is perfect, personally I find the use of Mackey-like formula here is an over-kill.



      Let's use the same notation. As a set $a_ia_j$ is just $Z/p^{n-i}times Z/p^{n-j}$,
      and $Z/p^n$ is acting diagonally on this. Clearly $p^i$ acts trivially on this and $p^{i-1}$ don't fix any element, so all orbits are isomorphic to $a_i$. By counting elements of the set we see that $a_ia_j=p^{n-j}a_i$.






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        Although the answer by S. camell is perfect, personally I find the use of Mackey-like formula here is an over-kill.



        Let's use the same notation. As a set $a_ia_j$ is just $Z/p^{n-i}times Z/p^{n-j}$,
        and $Z/p^n$ is acting diagonally on this. Clearly $p^i$ acts trivially on this and $p^{i-1}$ don't fix any element, so all orbits are isomorphic to $a_i$. By counting elements of the set we see that $a_ia_j=p^{n-j}a_i$.






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        Although the answer by S. camell is perfect, personally I find the use of Mackey-like formula here is an over-kill.



        Let's use the same notation. As a set $a_ia_j$ is just $Z/p^{n-i}times Z/p^{n-j}$,
        and $Z/p^n$ is acting diagonally on this. Clearly $p^i$ acts trivially on this and $p^{i-1}$ don't fix any element, so all orbits are isomorphic to $a_i$. By counting elements of the set we see that $a_ia_j=p^{n-j}a_i$.







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