Groups '93 Galway/St Andrews

This two-volume book contains selected papers from the international conference Groups 1993 Galway/St Andrews which was held at University College Galway in August 1993. These two volumes represent the wealth and diversity of group theory. Five main lecture courses were given at the conference. These were Geometry Steinberg representations and complexity by J. L. Alperin (Chicago) Rickard equivalences and block theory by M. Broué (ENS Paris) Cohomological finiteness conditions by P. H. Kropholler (QMW London) Counting finite index subgroups by A. Lubotzky (Hebrew University Jerusalem) and Lie methods in group theory by E. I. Zel''manov (University of Wisconsin at Madison). Articles based on their lectures in one case co-authored form a substantial part of the Proceedings. Another main feature of the conference was a GAP workshop jointly run by J. NeubÜser and M. Schönert (RWTH Aachen). Two articles by Professor NeubÜser one co-authored appear in the Proceedings. The other articles in the two volumes comprise both refereed survey and research articles contributed by other conference participants. As with the Proceedings of the earlier Groups-St Andrews conferences the articles in these Proceedings will with their many references prove valuable both to experienced researchers and to postgraduates interested in group theory.