The unitary subgroups of group algebras of a class of finite 2-groups with derived subgroup of order 2

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Authors: Yulei Wang, Heguo Liu 

Publication date: 8 May 2023

Abstract: Let $p$ be a prime and $F$ be a finite field of characteristic $p$. Suppose that $FG$ is the group algebra of the finite $p$-group $G$ over the field $F$. Let $V(FG)$ denote the group of normalized units in $FG$ and let $V_{\ast }(FG)$ denote the unitary subgroup of $V(FG)$. If $p$ is odd, then the order of $V_{\ast }(FG)$ is $|F{|}^{(|G|-1)/2}$. However, the case when $p=2$ still is open. In this paper, the order of $V_{\ast }(FG)$ is computed when $G$ is a nonabelian $2$-group given by a central extension of the form ${\displaystyle }$1longrightarrow mathbb{Z}_{2^n} imes mathbb{Z}_{2^m} longrightarrow G longrightarrow mathbb{Z}_2 imes cdots imes mathbb{Z}_2 longrightarrow 1${\displaystyle }$ and $G^{\prime }congmathbb{Z}_2$, $n,mgeq1$. Further, a conjecture is confirmed, namely, the order of $V_{\ast }(FG)$ can be divisible by $|F{|}^{frac12(|G|+|Omeg{a}_1(G)|)-1}$, where $Omeg{a}_1(G)=ginG|g^2=1$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Finite nilpotent groups, (p)-groups (20D15)

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