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Trivial Units in Group Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Daniel R. Farkas  and
Peter A. Linnell
Daniel R. Farkas
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0123 U.S.A., website: http://www.math.vt.edu/people/farkas/ email: [email protected]
Peter A. Linnell
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0123 U.S.A., website: http://www.math.vt.edu/people/linnell/ email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Let $G$ be an arbitrary group and let $U$ be a subgroup of the normalized units in $\mathbb{Z}G$. We show that if $U$ contains $G$ as a subgroup of finite index, then $U\,=\,G$. This result can be used to give an alternative proof of a recent result of Marciniak and Sehgal on units in the integral group ring of a crystallographic group.

Keywords

16S3416U60unitstracefinite conjugate subgroup
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2000 , pp. 60 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2000

References

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