Orders of units in integral group rings and blocks of defect 1

DOI10.1112/JLMS.12416MaRDI QIDQ6320191arXivFDO

Authors Mauricio Caicedo, Leo Margolis

Publication date 9 June 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Group rings (16S34) Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Modular representations and characters (20C20) Units, groups of units (associative rings and algebras) (16U60)

Abstract: We show that if the Sylow $p$-subgroup of a finite group $G$ is of order $p$, then the normalized unit group of the integral group ring of $G$ contains a normalized unit of order $pq$ if and only if $G$ contains an element of order $pq$, where $q$ is any prime. We use this result to answer the Prime Graph Question for most sporadic simple groups and some simple groups of Lie type, including a new infinite series of such groups. Our methods are based on the understanding of blocks of cyclic defect and Young tableaux combinatorics.

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