A theorem of Hertweck on p-adic conjugacy of p-torsion units in group rings

arXiv1706.02117MaRDI QIDQ6287595FDOQ6287595

Authors: Leo Margolis 

Publication date: 7 June 2017

Abstract: A proof of a theorem of M. Hertweck presented during a seminar in January 2013 in Stuttgart is given. The proof is based on a preprint given to me by Hertweck. Let $R$ be a commutative ring, $G$ a finite group, $N$ a normal $p$-subgroup of $G$ and denote by $RG$ the group ring of $G$ over $R$. It is shown that a torsion unit $u$ in $mathbbZG$ mapping to the identity under the natural homomorphism $mathbbZGightarrowmathbbZG/N$ is conjugate in the unit group of $mathbb{Z}_{p}G$ to an element in $N$. Here $mathbb{Z}_p$ denotes the $p$-adic integers. The result is achieved proving a result in the context of the so-called double action formalism for group rings over $p$-adic rings. This widely generalizes a theorem of Hertweck and a related theorem by Caicedo-Margolis-del R'io and has consequences for the study of the Zassenhaus Conjecture for integral group rings.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group rings (16S34) Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Units, groups of units (associative rings and algebras) (16U60) (p)-adic representations of finite groups (20C11)

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