Jacques Thévenaz

ResearchCollaborations Regular collaborations with :- Serge Bouc, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens- Jon F. Carlson, University of Georgia, USA- Nadia Mazza, University of Lancaster, GB- Radu Stancu, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, AmiensResearch interests - Representations of finite groups :Modular representations, endo-permutation modules, endo-trivial modules, block theory, G-algebras, p-local theory, Alperin's conjecture, almost split sequences, Clifford theory, representations in characteristic p^r. - Mackey functors and biset functors :Structure theory, simple functors, G-algebras, cohomology, representation rings. - Posets of subgroups of finite groups :Moebius function, Euler characteristic, Burnside rings. - Finite simplicial complexes :Brown's and Quillen's complexes, Tits buildings, subgroup complexes, topological K-theory. Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students Jean-Marie Urfer, Muriel Chaubert, David Bornand, Mélanie Baumann, Caroline Lassueur, Alex Monnard, Rosalie Françoise Chevalley