On the torsion units of the integral group ring of finite projective special linear groups

H. J. Zassenhaus conjectured that any unit of finite-order and augmentation one in the integral group ring of a finite group G is conjugate in the rational group algebra to an element of G. One way to verify this is showing that such unit has the same distribution of partial augmentations as an element of G and the HeLP Method provides a tool to do that in some cases. In this paper, we use the HeLP Method to describe the partial augmentations of a hypothetical counterexample to the conjecture for the projective special linear groups.     

Local duality for 2-dimensional local ring

We prove a local duality for some schemes associated to a 2-dimensional complete local ring whose residue field is an n-dimensional local field in the sense of Kato-Parshin. Our results generalize the Saito works in the case n = 0 and are applied to study the Bloch-Ogus complex for such rings in various cases.     

Constructing free subgroups of integral group ring units

Let be an arbitrary group. It is proved that if contains a bicyclic unit , then is a nonabelian free subgroup of invertible elements.

     

Torsion units in the integral group ring of S4

Any torsion unit inZZS ₄ is rationally conjugate to a trivial unit. This work was supported by CAPES of Brazil     

Linearizing torsion classes in the Picard group of algebraic curves over finite fields

We address the problem of computing in the group of ${?}^k$-torsion rational points of the jacobian variety of algebraic curves over finite fields, with a view toward computing modular representations.     

Conjugacy classes,characters and products of elements

Recently, Baumslag and Wiegold proved that a finite group G is nilpotent if and only if for every of coprime order. Motivated by this result, we study the groups with the property that and those with the property that for every and every nontrivial of pairwise coprime order. We also consider several ways of weakening the hypothesis on x and y. While the result of Baumslag and Wiegold is completely elementary, some of our arguments here depend on (parts of) the classification of finite simple groups.     

Central units of the integral group ring

There are very few cases known of nonabelian groups where the group of central units of , denoted , is nontrivial and where the structure of , including a complete set of generators, has been determined. In this note, we show that the central units of augmentation 1 in the integral group ring form an infinite cyclic group , and we explicitly find the generator .

     

Certain conjugacy classes of units in integral group rings of metacyclic groups

Let G be the metacyclic group of order pq given by

$\text{G = 〈σ, τ: σ}{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{= 1 = τ}{}^{\mathrm{q}}\text{, τστ}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{= σ}{}^{\mathrm{j}}\text{〉}$

where p is an odd prime, q ≥ 2 a divisor of p ? 1, and where j belongs to the exponent q mod p. Let V denote the group of units of augmentation 1 in the integral group ring $\text{Z}$G of G. In this paper it is proved that the number of conjugacy classes of elements of order p in V is

$\text{(p ? 1)}{}^{\mathrm{q?1}}\text{μ}{}_0\text{H}\text{vq}$

where ν, μ₀, and H are suitably defined numbers.     

Nilpotency of group ring units symmetric with respect to an involution

Let F be an infinite field of characteristic different from 2. Let G be a torsion group having an involution ∗, and consider the units of the group ring FG that are symmetric with respect to the induced involution. We classify the groups G such that these symmetric units satisfy a nilpotency identity (x₁,…,x_n)=1.     

A complete diophantine characterization of the rational torsion of an elliptic curve

We give a complete characterization for the rational torsion of an elliptic curve in terms of the (non-)existence of integral solutions of a system of diophantine equations.