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

DOI10.1112/JLMS.12416arXiv1906.03570MaRDI QIDQ6320191FDOQ6320191

Mauricio Caicedo, Leo Margolis

Publication date: 9 June 2019

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.

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)

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