Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics, 216 Milner Hall, 8th of April 2009, 3:00-3:50

Groups and Dynamics Seminar


Multiple zeta functions for free abelian groups of finite rank

Victor Petrogradsky of Ulyanovsk State University, Russia


We compute a multiple zeta function of the free abelian group Z^d. As application, we describe the decomposition of a random finite factor group into cyclic factors. We conclude that such a factor group "mainly" consists of only one cyclic factor. Also, the probability that a finite factor group is cyclic is at most 0.8469 for all ranks d.