On Fuchs' problem about the group of units of a ring

DOI10.1112/BLMS.12140zbMATH Open1428.16036arXiv1711.10365OpenAlexW3125219696MaRDI QIDQ4637557FDOQ4637557

Authors: Ilaria Del Corso, Roberto Dvornicich 

Publication date: 24 April 2018

Published in: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In cite[Problem 72]{Fuchs60} Fuchs posed the problem of characterizing the groups which are the groups of units of commutative rings. In the following years, some partial answers have been given to this question in particular cases. In a previous paper cite{DDcharp} we dealt with finite characteristic rings. In this paper we consider Fuchs' question for finite groups and we address this problem in two cases. Firstly, we study the case of torson-free rings and we obtain a complete classification of the finite groups of units which arise in this case. Secondly, we examine the case of characteristic zero rings obtaining, a pretty good description of the possible groups of units equipped with families of examples of both realizable and non-realizable groups. The main tools to deal with this general case are the Pearson and Schneider splitting of a ring cite{PearsonSchneider70}, our previous results on finite characteristic rings cite{DDcharp} and our classification of the groups of units of torsion-free rings. As a consequence of our results we completely answer Ditor's question cite{ditor} on the possible cardinalities of the group of units of a ring.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.10365

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zbMATH Keywords

groups of unitsintegral domainfinite abelian grouptorsion-free ringFuchs' problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Units, groups of units (associative rings and algebras) (16U60) Divisibility and factorizations in commutative rings (13A05) Torsion-free groups, finite rank (20K15)

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