Groups, Algebras, and Applications XVIII Latin American Algebra Colloquium, August 3-8, 2009, São Pedro, Brazil

This book contains the proceedings of the XVIII Latin American Algebra Colloquium, held from August 3-8, 2009, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It includes research articles as well as up-to-date surveys covering several directions of current research in algebra, such as Asymptotic Codimension Growth, Hopf Algebras, Structure Theory of both Associative and Non-Associative Algebras, Partial Actions of Groups on Rings, and contributions to Coding Theory.