Which finite simple groups are unit groups?

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2013.08.013MaRDI QIDQ392500zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christopher Davis, Tommy Occhipinti

Publication date 14 January 2014

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.7518

zbMATH Keywords

finite groupsfinite simple groupsfinite general linear groupsunit groups of rings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modular representations and characters (20C20) Units, groups of units (associative rings and algebras) (16U60) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40)

Abstract: We prove that if $G$ is a finite simple group which is the unit group of a ring, then $G$ is isomorphic to either (a) a cyclic group of order 2; (b) a cyclic group of prime order $2^k-1$ for some $k$; or (c) a projective special linear group $PS{L}_n(mathbb{F}_2)$ for some $ngeq3$. Moreover, these groups do (trivially) all occur as unit groups. We deduce this classification from a more general result, which holds for groups $G$ with no non-trivial normal 2-subgroup.

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