Group of units of finite group algebras for groups of order 24 (Q6056836)

Let \(FG\) be a group algebra of a finite group \(G\) over a finite field \(F\) with characteristic \(p\) that contains \(q = p^k\) elements and let \(U(FG)\) be the group of units of \(FG\). In the present paper, the authors study \(U(FG)\), where \(G\) is a group of order \(24\). Let \(D_8\) be the dihedral group, \(Q_n\) and \(C_n\) be a quaternion group and a cyclic group of order \(n\), respectively. There are \(15\) nonisomorphic groups of order \(24\): \(C_24\), \(C_12 \times C_2\), \(C_6 \times C_2 ^2\), \(C_3 \rtimes C_8\), \(\mathrm{SL}(2, Z_3)\), \(C_3 \rtimes Q_8\), \(S_4\), \(C_4 \times D_6\), \(D_24\), \(C_6 \rtimes C_4\), \(C_3 \rtimes D_8\), \(C_3 \times D8\), \(C_3 \times Q_8\), \(C_2 \times A_4\) and \(D_12 \times C_2\). The structures of \(U(FS_4)\), \(U(F\mathrm{SL}(2, Z_3))\) and \(U(FD_24)\) were completely described previously. The authors present the description of \(U(FG)\) for the remaining groups of order \(24\). In the case, where the groups \(G\) are abelian, the groups \(U(FG)\) are presented as direct products of finite cyclic groups. In the case, where the groups \(G\) are not abelian, the groups \(U(FG)\) are presented as direct and semi-direct products of \(\mathrm{GL}(2, F)\), \(\mathrm{GL}(2, F_2)\), \(\mathrm{GL}(3, F)\) and finite cyclic groups, where \(F_2\) is an extension of \(F\) such that \([F_2 : F]=2\).