Commutative Group Algebras of Cardinality {\cal N} 1

We let FG be the group algebra of an abelian group G over a field F with characteristic p. Also, we define G_p and S(FG) as the groups of all p-primary normed elements in G and FG, respectively. We prove that if G_p is Hausdorff and both F and G have cardinalities not exceeding ₁, then S(FG)/G_p is a direct sum of cyclics. Thus G_p is a direct factor of S(FG), and in particular G is a direct factor of the group of all normalized units V(FG), provided that the torsion part of G is a p-group. This answers a question posed by us in Hokkaido Math. J. (2000). Moreover we establish that if G is p-splitting, then any F-isomorphism of the group algebras FG and FH implies that H is p-splitting. We also show that if G is of power ₁ whose p-component G_p is a direct sum of torsion-complete groups and F has power p, then the F-isomorphism of FG and FH for any group H yields an isomorphism between G_p and H_p. In particular, when G is of power ₁ and is p-mixed of torsion-free rank 1 whose G_p is torsion-complete, we have G H. If F is in power p and G, with cardinality ₁, is a direct sum of p-local algebraically compact groups such that FG FH as F-algebras for some group H, then G H. These statements extend results due to Beers-Richman-Walker (1983), and also partially solve a well-known question raised by May in 1979.