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Products of Unipotent Elements in Certain Algebras

Rings and Algebras 2022-11-18 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

Let FF be a field with at least three elements and GG a locally finite group. This paper aims to show that if either FF is algebraically closed or the characteristic of FF is positive, then an element in the group algebra FGFG is a product of unipotent elements if, and only if, it? lies in the first derived subgroup of the unit group of FGFG. In addition, it? is a product of at most three unipotent elements. Moreover, we explore some crucial properties satisfied by certain algebras like the connection between unipotent elements of index 2 and commutators as well as we investigate the unipotent radical of a group algebra by showing that the group algebra of a finite group over an infinite field cannot have a unipotent maximal subgroup. In particular, we apply these results to twisted group algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2211.09468,
  title  = {Products of Unipotent Elements in Certain Algebras},
  author = {M. H. Bien and P. V. Danchev and M. Ramezan-Nassab and T. N. Son},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.09468},
  year   = {2022}
}

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15 pages