‎‎we exhibit an explicit construction for the second cohomology group‎ ‎$h^2(l‎, ‎a)$ for a lie ring $l$ and a trivial $l$-module $a$‎. ‎we show how the elements of $h^2(l‎, ‎a)$ correspond one-to-one to the‎ ‎equivalence classes of central extensions of $l$ by $a$‎, ‎where $a$‎ ‎now is considered as an abelian lie ring‎. ‎for a finite lie‎ ‎ring $l$ we also show that $h^2(l‎, ‎c^*) cong m(l)$‎...

we give a survey of recent applications of group rings to combinatorics and tocryptography, including their use in the di erential cryptanalysis of block ciphers.

this is a survey of some recent applications of abstract algebra, and in particular group rings, to the `communications' areas.

the freiheitssatz of magnus for one-relator groups is one of the cornerstones of combinatorial group theory. in this short note which is mostly expository we discuss the relationship between the freiheitssatz and corre-sponding results in free power series rings over fields. these are related to results of schneerson not readily available in english. this relationship uses a faithful representa...

Let $Gamma$ be a group, $Gamma'$ a subgroup of $Gamma$ with finite index and $M$ be a $Gamma$-module. We show that $M$ is cotorsion if and only if it is cotorsion as a $Gamma'$-module. Using this result, we prove that the global cotorsion dimensions of rings $ZGamma$ and $ZGamma'$ are equal.

design methods for paraunitary matrices from complete orthogonal sets of idempotents and related matrix structures are presented. these include techniques for designing non-separable multidimensional paraunitary matrices. properties of the structures are obtained and proofs given. paraunitary matrices play a central role in signal processing, in particular in the areas of filterbanks and wavelets.