Jordan decomposition and hypercentral units in integral group rings (Q4029175)

The hypercentral unit group \(Z\) in the integral group ring \(\mathbb{Z} G\) of a finite group \(G\) is the union \(\bigcup_{n\geq 0}Z_ n\), where \(1 = Z_ 0 \leq Z_ 1 \leq \dots\) is the upper central series of the group of units in \(\mathbb{Z} G\) which have augmentation 1. Theorem: \(Z = Z_ 2\). (It has been known before that the upper central series at least terminates.) In connection with these investigations the authors also show that a multiplicative Jordan decomposition holds for the units in \(\mathbb{Z} D_ 4\) and \(\mathbb{Z} Q_{12}\) but not for the units in \(\mathbb{Z} D_ 6\) and \(\mathbb{Z} A_ 4\).