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Integral group ring of the first Mathieu simple group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2010

Victor Bovdi
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 12, H–4010 Debrecen; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, College of Nyíregyháza, Sóstói út 31/b, H–4410 Nyíregyháaza, Hungary
Alexander Konovalov
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Zaporozhye National University, 66 Zhukovskogo str., 69063, Zaporozhye, Ukraine; current address: Department of Mathematics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B–1050 Brussel, Belgium
C. M. Campbell
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
M. R. Quick
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
E. F. Robertson
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
G. C. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Bath
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Abstract

We investigate the classical Zassenhaus conjecture for the normalized unit group of the integral group ring of the simple Mathieu group M11. As a consequence, for this group we confirm the conjecture by Kimmerle about prime graphs.

Introduction and main results

Let V (ℤG) be the normalized unit group of the integral group ring ℤG of a finite group G. The following famous conjecture was formulated by H. Zassenhaus in [15]:

Conjecture 1 (ZC) Every torsion unit u ∈ V(ℤG) is conjugate within the rational group algebra ℚG to an element of G.

This conjecture is already confirmed for several classes of groups but, in general, the problem remains open, and a counterexample is not known.

Various methods have been developed to deal with this conjecture. One of the original ones was suggested by I. S. Luthar and I. B. S. Passi [12, 13], and it was improved further by M. Hertweck [9]. Using this method, the conjecture was proved for several new classes of groups, in particular for S5 and for some finite simple groups (see [4, 9, 10, 12, 13]).

The Zassenhaus conjecture appeared to be very hard, and several weakened variations of it were formulated (see, for example, [3]). One of the most interesting modifications was suggested by W. Kimmerle [11]. Let us briefly introduce it now.

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  • Integral group ring of the first Mathieu simple group
    • By Victor Bovdi, Institute of Mathematics, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 12, H–4010 Debrecen; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, College of Nyíregyháza, Sóstói út 31/b, H–4410 Nyíregyháaza, Hungary, Alexander Konovalov, Department of Mathematics, Zaporozhye National University, 66 Zhukovskogo str., 69063, Zaporozhye, Ukraine; current address: Department of Mathematics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B–1050 Brussel, Belgium
  • Edited by C. M. Campbell, University of St Andrews, Scotland, M. R. Quick, University of St Andrews, Scotland, E. F. Robertson, University of St Andrews, Scotland, G. C. Smith, University of Bath
  • Book: Groups St Andrews 2005
  • Online publication: 07 May 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721212.016
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  • Integral group ring of the first Mathieu simple group
    • By Victor Bovdi, Institute of Mathematics, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 12, H–4010 Debrecen; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, College of Nyíregyháza, Sóstói út 31/b, H–4410 Nyíregyháaza, Hungary, Alexander Konovalov, Department of Mathematics, Zaporozhye National University, 66 Zhukovskogo str., 69063, Zaporozhye, Ukraine; current address: Department of Mathematics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B–1050 Brussel, Belgium
  • Edited by C. M. Campbell, University of St Andrews, Scotland, M. R. Quick, University of St Andrews, Scotland, E. F. Robertson, University of St Andrews, Scotland, G. C. Smith, University of Bath
  • Book: Groups St Andrews 2005
  • Online publication: 07 May 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721212.016
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  • Integral group ring of the first Mathieu simple group
    • By Victor Bovdi, Institute of Mathematics, University of Debrecen, P.O. Box 12, H–4010 Debrecen; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, College of Nyíregyháza, Sóstói út 31/b, H–4410 Nyíregyháaza, Hungary, Alexander Konovalov, Department of Mathematics, Zaporozhye National University, 66 Zhukovskogo str., 69063, Zaporozhye, Ukraine; current address: Department of Mathematics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B–1050 Brussel, Belgium
  • Edited by C. M. Campbell, University of St Andrews, Scotland, M. R. Quick, University of St Andrews, Scotland, E. F. Robertson, University of St Andrews, Scotland, G. C. Smith, University of Bath
  • Book: Groups St Andrews 2005
  • Online publication: 07 May 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511721212.016
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