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Units in group rings and blocks of Klein four or dihedral defect

Rings and Algebras 2024-12-13 v1 Group Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

We obtain restrictions on units of even order in the integral group ring ZG\mathbb{Z}G of a finite group GG by studying their actions on the reductions modulo 44 of lattices over the 22-adic group ring Z2G\mathbb{Z}_2G. This improves the "lattice method" which considers reductions modulo primes pp, but is of limited use for p=2p=2 essentially due to the fact that 11 (mod 2)1\equiv -1 \ (\textrm{mod }2). Our methods yield results in cases where Z2G\mathbb Z_2 G has blocks whose defect groups are Klein four groups or dihedral groups of order 88. This allows us to disprove the existence of units of order 2p2p for almost simple groups with socle PSL(2,pf)\operatorname{PSL}(2,p^f) where pf±3 (mod 8)p^f\equiv \pm 3 \ (\textrm{mod } 8) and to answer the Prime Graph Question affirmatively for many such groups.

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@article{arxiv.2412.09525,
  title  = {Units in group rings and blocks of Klein four or dihedral defect},
  author = {Florian Eisele and Leo Margolis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.09525},
  year   = {2024}
}

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