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Where isomorphisms of group algebras fail to lift

Group Theory 2025-08-21 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Counterexamples to the Modular Isomorphism Problem were discovered recently. These are non-isomorphic finite 22-groups GG and HH that have isomorphic group algebras over the field Z/2Z\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} and non-isomorphic group algebras over the 22-adic integers Z2\mathbb{Z}_2. We show that the groups GG and HH already have non-isomorphic group algebras over the ring Z/4Z\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}.

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@article{arxiv.2508.14169,
  title  = {Where isomorphisms of group algebras fail to lift},
  author = {Leo Margolis and Taro Sakurai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.14169},
  year   = {2025}
}

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