Zeta functions have been a powerful tool in mathematics over the last two centuries. This book considers a new class of non-commutative zeta functions which encode the structure of the subgroup lattice in infinite groups. The book explores the analytic behaviour of these functions together with an investigation of functional equations. Many important examples of zeta functions are calculated and recorded providing an important data base of explicit examples and methods for calculation.
Author(s): Marcus du Sautoy, Luke Woodward (auth.)
Series: Lecture notes in mathematics 1925
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 212
City: Berlin
Tags: Group Theory and Generalizations; Number Theory; Non-associative Rings and Algebras
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-20
Nilpotent Groups: Explicit Examples....Pages 21-68
Soluble Lie Rings....Pages 69-82
Local Functional Equations....Pages 83-119
Natural Boundaries I: Theory....Pages 121-153
Natural Boundaries II: Algebraic Groups....Pages 155-167
Natural Boundaries III: Nilpotent Groups....Pages 169-177
Back Matter....Pages 179-212