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Twisted group ring isomorphism problem and infinite cohomology groups

Rings and Algebras 2023-03-17 v3 Group Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

We continue our investigation of a variation of the group ring isomorphism problem for twisted group algebras. Contrary to previous work, we include cohomology classes which do not contain any cocycle of finite order. This allows us to study the problem in particular over any field of characteristic 00. We prove that there are finite groups GG and HH which can not be distinguished by their rational twisted group algebras, while GG and HH can be identified by their semi-simple twisted group algebras over other fields. This is in contrast with the fact that the structural information on GG which can obtained from all the semi-simple group algebras of GG is already encoded in its rational group algebra. We further show that for an odd prime pp there are groups of order p4p^4 which can not be distinguished by their twisted group algebras over FF for any field FF of characteristic different from pp. On the other hand we prove that the groups constructed by E. Dade, which have isomorphic group algebras over any field, can be distinguished by their rational twisted group algebras. We also answer a question about sufficient conditions for the twisted group ring isomorphism problem to hold over the complex numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2011.10129,
  title  = {Twisted group ring isomorphism problem and infinite cohomology groups},
  author = {L. Margolis and O. Schnabel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.10129},
  year   = {2023}
}

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31 pages. Minor changes

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