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Group Rings with Only Trivial Units of Finite Order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ian Hughes  and
Chou-Hsiang Wei
Ian Hughes
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Chou-Hsiang Wei
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
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We denote by ZG the integral group ring of the finite group G. S.D. Berman [1] showed that every unit of finite order μ in G is trivial (i.e., μ = ±g for some g in G) if and only if either G is abelian or G is a Hamiltonian 2-group. In this note, we give a new and shorter proof for the “only if” part.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , December 1972 , pp. 1137 - 1138
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1972

References

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