Decomposition of group rings and the converse of Schur’s lemma

In this work, we give necessary and su?cient conditions for a group ring (of finite group) to satisfy the converse of Schur’s lemma for group rings of finite groups. Rings considered here are commutative or noncommutative perfect. Some cases of twisted group rings are studied. Also we introduce the notion of semi-CSL ring.     

关于多项式函数的计数

Polynomial functions （in particular, permutation polynomials） play an important role in the design of modern cryptosystem. In this note the problem of counting the number of polynomial functions over finite commutative rings is discussed. Let A be a general finite commutative local ring. Under a certain condition, the counting formula of the number of polynomial functions over A is obtained. Before this paper, some results over special finite commutative rings were obtained by many authors.     

Group Laws and Free Subgroups in Topological Groups

A proof is given that a permutation group in which differentfinite sets have different stabilizers cannot satisfy any grouplaw. For locally compact topological groups with this property,almost all finite subsets of the group are shown to generatefree subgroups. Consequences of these theorems are derived for:Thompson's group F, weakly branch groups, automorphism groupsof regular trees, and profinite groups with alternating compositionfactors of unbounded degree. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification20B07, 20E10, 20E18, 20P05.     

Primitive Idempotents of Schur Rings

In this paper, we explore the nature of central idempotents of Schur rings over finite groups. We introduce the concept of a lattice Schur ring and explore properties of these kinds of Schur rings. In particular, the primitive, central idempotents of lattice Schur rings are completely determined. For a general Schur ring S, S contains a maximal lattice Schur ring, whose central, primitive idempotents form a system of pairwise orthogonal, central idempotents in S. We show that if S is a Schur ring with rational coefficients over a cyclic group, then these idempotents are always primitive and are spanned by the normal subgroups contained in S. Furthermore, a Wedderburn decomposition of Schur rings over cyclic groups is given. Some examples of Schur rings over non-cyclic groups will also be explored.     

Finite Modules of Finite Injective Dimension Over a Noetherian Algebra

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring. Let P(R) (respectively,I(R)) be the category of all finite R-modules of finite projective(respectively, injective) dimension. Sharp [9] constructed acategory equivalence between I(R) and P(R) for certain Cohen–Macaulaylocal rings R. Thus many properties about finite modules offinite projective dimension can be connected with those of finiteinjective dimension through this equivalence.     

Idempotents and the multiplicative group of some totally bounded rings

In this paper, we extend some results of D.Dolzan on finite rings to profinite rings, a complete classification of profinite commutative rings with a monothetic group of units is given. We also prove the metrizability of commutative profinite rings with monothetic group of units and without nonzero Boolean ideals. Using a property of Mersenne numbers, we construct a family of power 2^ℵ0 commutative non-isomorphic profinite semiprimitive rings with monothetic group of units.     

Asymptotic Results for Transitive Permutation Groups

In this paper we give answers to some open questions concerninggeneration and enumeration of finite transitive permutationgroups. In [1], Bryant, Kovács and Robinson proved thatthere is a number c^' such that each soluble transitive permutationgroup of degree n2 can be generated by elements, and later A. Lucchini [5] extended thisresult (with a different constant c') to finite permutationgroups containing a soluble transitive subgroup. We are nowable to prove this theorem in full generality, and this solvesthe question of bounding the number of generators of a finitetransitive permutation group in terms of its degree. The resultobtained is the following. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification20B05, 20D60.     

Unique maximal rings of functions

For several classes of groups G, we characterize when the near-ring M₀(G) of 0-preserving selfmaps on G contains a unique maximal ring. Definitive results are obtained for finite Abelian, finite nilpotent, and finite permutation groups. As an application, we determine those finite groups G such that all rings in M₀(G) are commutative.     

Universal gradings of orders

For commutative rings, we introduce the notion of a universal grading, which can be viewed as the “largest possible grading”. While not every commutative ring (or order) has a universal grading, we prove that every reduced order has a universal grading, and this grading is by a finite group. Examples of graded orders are provided by group rings of finite abelian groups over rings of integers in number fields. We also generalize known properties of nilpotents, idempotents, and roots of unity in such group rings to the case of graded orders; this has applications to cryptography. Lattices play an important role in this paper; a novel aspect is that our proofs use that the additive group of any reduced order can in a natural way be equipped with a lattice structure.     

Finite rings in which commutativity is transitive

A ring is called commutative transitive if commutativity is a transitive relation on its nonzero elements. Likewise, it is weakly commutative transitive (wCT) if commutativity is a transitive relation on its noncentral elements. The main topic of this paper is to describe the structure of finite wCT rings. It is shown that every such ring is a direct sum of an indecomposable noncommutative wCT ring of prime power order, and a commutative ring. Furthermore, finite indecomposable wCT rings are either two-by-two matrices over fields, local rings, or basic rings with two maximal ideals. We characterize finite local rings as generalized skew polynomial rings over coefficient Galois rings; the associated automorphisms of the Galois ring give rise to a signature of the local ring. These are then used to further describe the structure of finite local and wCT basic rings.     

Ubiquity of Free Subgroups

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a Polish topologicalgroup to be ‘almost free’. It is deduced that theexistence of one free subgroup of a Polish group can lead tothe existence of many free subgroups of maximal rank. Applicationsare given to permutation groups, profinite groups, Lie groupsand unitary groups. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification22F50, 20E05, 54H05 (primary), 12F10, 20B27, 20B30, 20E18 (secondary).     

Ring Homomorphisms and Finite Gorenstein Dimension

The local structure of homomorphisms of commutative noetherianrings is investigated from the point of view of dualizing complexes.A concept of finite Gorenstein dimension, which substantiallyweakens the notion of finite flat dimension, is introduced forhomomorphisms. It is shown to impose structural constraints,due to a remarkable equivalence of subcategories of the derivedcategory of all modules. An essential part of this study is the development of relativenotions of dualizing complexes and Bass numbers. It is provedthat the Bass numbers of local homomorphisms are rigid, extendinga known result for local rings. Quasi-Gorenstein homomorphismsare introduced as local homomorphisms that base-change a dualizingcomplex for the source ring into one for the target. They areshown to have the stability properties of the Gorenstein homomorphismthat they generalize. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification:primary 13H10, 13D23, 14E40; secondary 13C15.     

On schur rings of group rings of finite groups

Schur rings are rings associated to certain partitions of finite groups. They were introduced for applications in representation theory, cfr. [3][4].

The algebric structure of these rings has not been studied in depth. In this paper we determine explicit structure constants for Schur rings, we derive conditions for separability and we compute the centre. These results seem to be new even over fields.     

FINITE RINGS WITH COMMUTING NILPOTENT ELEMENTS

As a generalization of Wedderburn's theorem, Herstein [5] proved that a finite ring R is commutative, if all nilpotent elements are contained in the center of R. However a finite ring with commuting nilpotent elements is not necessarily commutative. Recently, in [9] and [10], Simons described the structure of finite rings R with J(R)² = 0 in a variety with definable principal congruences. In this paper, we will consider the difference between the finite commutative rings and the finite rings in which any two nilpotent elements commute with each other. As a consequence, we describe the structure of finite rings R with [J(R), J(R)] = 0 in a variety with definable principal congruences.     

A note on indecomposable modules

In this note we study rings having only a finite number of non isomorphic uniform modules with non zero socle. It is proved that a commutative ring with this property is a direct sum of a finite ring and a ring of finite representation type. In the non commutative case we show that most P.I. rings having only a finite number of non isomorphic modules with non zero socle are in fact artinian.     

On Principal Blocks of p-Constrained Groups

A theorem of K. W. Roggenkamp and L. L. Scott shows that fora finite group G with a normal p-subgroup containing its owncentralizer, any two group bases of the integral group ringZG are conjugate in the units of Z_pG. Though the theorem presentsitself in the work of others and appears to be needed, thereis no published account. There seems to be a flaw in the proof,because a ‘theorem’ appearing in the survey [K.W. Roggenkamp, ‘The isomorphism problem for integral grouprings of finite groups’, Progress in Mathematics 95 (Birkhäuser,Basel, 1991), pp. 193--220], where the main ingredients of aproof are given, is false. In this paper, it is shown how toclose this gap, at least if one is only interested in the conclusionmentioned above. Therefore, some consequences of the resultsof A. Weiss on permutation modules are stated. The basic stepsof which any proof should consist are discussed in some detail.In doing so, a complete, yet short, proof of the theorem isgiven in the case that G has a normal Sylow p-subgroup. 2000Mathematical Subject Classification: primary 16U60; secondary20C05.     

SELF-DUAL PERMUTATION CODES OVER FORMAL POWER SERIES RINGS AND FINITE PRINCIPAL IDEAL RINGS

In this paper, we study self-dual permutation codes over formal power series rings and finite principal ideal rings. We first give some results on the torsion codes associated with the linear codes over formal power series rings. These results allow for obtaining some conditions for non-existence of self-dual permutation codes over formal power series rings. Finally, we describe self-dual permutation codes over finite principal ideal rings by examining permutation codes over their component chain rings.     

Fixed-Point-Free p-Elements in Transitive Permutation Groups

We give sufficient conditions for a finite permutation groupto contain a fixed-point-free permutation of p-power order fora given prime p.     

Simply Connected, Adjoint and Universal Groups of Lie Type

The special linear group is the simply connected group and theprojective linear group is the adjoint group of Lie type A_n.They are distinguished sections of the (reductive) general lineargroup which certainly is of this type as well (root system).We shall characterize the general linear group as the universalgroup of type A_n. Indeed we shall introduce corresponding algebraicgroups and finite groups for each Lie type (to indecomposableroot systems). Knowledge of the universal group implies knowledgeof the related simply connected and adjoint groups; in certainrespects the universal group even appears to be better behaved(automorphisms, Schur multiplier, character table).     

Finite rings in which commutativity is transitive

A ring is called commutative transitive if commutativity is a transitive relation on its nonzero elements. Likewise, it is weakly commutative transitive (wCT) if commutativity is a transitive relation on its noncentral elements. The main topic of this paper is to describe the structure of finite wCT rings. It is shown that every such ring is a direct sum of an indecomposable noncommutative wCT ring of prime power order, and a commutative ring. Furthermore, finite indecomposable wCT rings are either two-by-two matrices over fields, local rings, or basic rings with two maximal ideals. We characterize finite local rings as generalized skew polynomial rings over coefficient Galois rings; the associated automorphisms of the Galois ring give rise to a signature of the local ring. These are then used to further describe the structure of finite local and wCT basic rings.