The nilpotency class of the unit group of a modular group algebra II

LetG be a finitep-group, and letU(G) be the group of units of the group algebraFG, whereF is a field of characteristicp. It is shown that, if the commutative subgroup ofG has order at leastp ², then the nilpotency class ofU(G) is at least 2p−1. The authors are grateful to the Dipartimento di Matematica of the Universita di Trento, and to the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, for their hospitality while this paper was being written. Then are also grateful to Robert Sandling, for communication of results, and problems, prior to publication.