Let G be a finite group and k a field of characteristic p】0.In this paper we consider the support variety for the cohomology module Ext<sub>kG</sub><sup>*</sup>(M,N) where M and N are kG-mod...Let G be a finite group and k a field of characteristic p】0.In this paper we consider the support variety for the cohomology module Ext<sub>kG</sub><sup>*</sup>(M,N) where M and N are kG-modules.It is the subvariety of the maximal ideal spectrum of H<sup>*</sup>(G,k) of the annihilator of the cohomology module. For modules in the principal block we show that that the variety is contained in the intersections of the varieties of M and N and the difference between the that intersection and the support variety of the cohomology module is contained in the group theoretic nucleus.For other blocks a new nucleus is defined and a similar theorem is proven.However in the case of modules in a nonprincipal block several new difficulties are highlighted by some examples.展开更多
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文摘Let G be a finite group and k a field of characteristic p】0.In this paper we consider the support variety for the cohomology module Ext<sub>kG</sub><sup>*</sup>(M,N) where M and N are kG-modules.It is the subvariety of the maximal ideal spectrum of H<sup>*</sup>(G,k) of the annihilator of the cohomology module. For modules in the principal block we show that that the variety is contained in the intersections of the varieties of M and N and the difference between the that intersection and the support variety of the cohomology module is contained in the group theoretic nucleus.For other blocks a new nucleus is defined and a similar theorem is proven.However in the case of modules in a nonprincipal block several new difficulties are highlighted by some examples.