Presenting powers of augmentation ideals of elementary \(p\)-groups (Q5947282): Difference between revisions

Let \(\Delta(G)\) be the augmentation ideal of the integral group ring \(\mathbb{Z} G\) of a group \(G\). The \(n\)-th power \(\Delta^n(G)\) of \(\Delta(G)\) is generated as an additive Abelian group by all products of the form \((g_1-1)(g_2-1)\cdots(g_n-1)\) with \(g_1,g_2,\dots,g_n\in G\). The author considers the problem of finding a complete set of relations among these generators. The main result solves this problem when \(G\) is an Abelian group of prime exponent \(p\), generalizing results of Bak and Vavilov for \(p=2\), and of Parmenter for \(p=3\).