Dr David A. Craven

Dr David A. Craven

Dr David A. Craven

DPhil, MSci

  • Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church.

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eMail: David [dot] Craven [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
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Reception/Secretary: +44 1865 273525
Direct: +44 1865 273553

Office: SGT10

Departmental Address:

Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles'
Oxford
OX1 3LB
England

Research Interests: 

My research interests centre around the representation theory of finite groups. I study:

  • the representation theory of the symmetric group, and in particular, its combinatorics;
  • the modular representations of finite, and particularly simple groups;
  • infinite groups arising from automata;
  • asymptotics of representation theory, via the concept of representation growth; and
  • fusion systems, particularly representation-theoretic and group-theoretic aspects.
Major/Recent Publications: 
  1. Symmetric Group Character Degrees and Hook Numbers, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. 96 (2008), 26-50.
  2. Developing Random Network Theory for Carbon Nanotube Modified Electrode Voltammetry (jt with Andrew Holloway, Lei Xiao, Javier Del Campo, and Gregory Wildgoose), J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (2008) 13729-13738.
  3. Simple Modules for Groups with Abelian Sylow 2-Subgroups are Algebraic, J. Algebra 321 (2009), 1473-1479.
  4. Control of Fusion and Solubility in Fusion Systems, J. Algebra 323 (2010) 2429-2448.
  5. Algebraic Modules and the Auslander-Reiten Quiver, J. Pure Appl. Algebra, to appear.
  6. The Structure of Blocks with Klein Four Defect Group (jt with Charles Eaton, Radha Kessar, and Markus Linckelmann), Math. Z., to appear.
  7. Bounds for Representation Growth and Finite Simple Groups, J. Group Theory, to appear.
  8. Fusion Systems on Small p-Groups (jt with Adam Glesser), submitted.
  9. Normal Subsystems of Fusion Systems, submitted.
  10. On the Unit Conjecture for Group Rings (jt with Peter Pappas), preprint, 2010.
  11. Perverse Equivalences and Broue's Conjecture (jt with Raphael Rouquier), preprint, 2010.
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Teaching: 

C2.2a, Finite Group Theory