The residual nilpotency of the augmentation ideal and the residual nilpotency of some classes of groups

1977 ◽  
Vol 26 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 276-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Lichtman
2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (08) ◽  
pp. 1350044
Author(s):  
TIBOR JUHÁSZ ◽  
ENIKŐ TÓTH

Let K be a field of odd characteristic p, and let G be the direct product of a finite p-group P ≠ 1 and a Hamiltonian 2-group. We show that the set of symmetric elements (KG)* of the group algebra KG with respect to the involution of KG which inverts all elements of G, satisfies all Lie commutator identities of degree t(P) or more, where t(P) denotes the nilpotency index of the augmentation ideal of the group algebra KP. In addition, if P is powerful, then (KG)* satisfies no Lie commutator identity of degree less than t(P). Applying this result we get that (KG)* is Lie nilpotent and Lie solvable, and its Lie nilpotency index and Lie derived length are not greater than t(P) and ⌈ log 2 t(P)⌉, respectively, and these bounds are attained whenever P is a powerful group. The corresponding result on the set of symmetric units of KG is also obtained.


1979 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Losey ◽  
Nora Losey

1. LetGbe a group,ZGits integral group ring and Δ = ΔGthe augmentation idealZGBy anaugmentation quotientofGwe mean any one of theZG-moduleswheren, r≥ 1. In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in determining the abelian group structure of the augmentation quotientsQn(G) =Qn,1(G) and(see (1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15)). Passi(8) has shown that in order to determineQn(G) andPn(G) for finiteGit is sufficient to assume thatGis ap-group. Passi(8, 9) and Singer(13, 14) have obtained information on the structure of these quotients for certain classes of abelianp-groups. However little seems to be known of a quantitative nature for nonabelian groups. In (2) Bachmann and Grünenfelder have proved the following qualitative result: ifGis a finite group then there exist natural numbersn0and π such thatQn(G) ≅Qn+π(G) for alln≥n0; ifGωis the nilpotent residual ofGandG/Gωhas classcthen π divides l.c.m. {1, 2, …,c}. There do not appear to be any examples in the literature of this periodic behaviour forc> 1. One of goals here is to present such examples. These examples will be from the class of finitep-groups in which the lower central series is anNp-series.


1977 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Shield

Let G be a group with a normal subgroup H whose index is a power of a prime p, and which is nilpotent with exponent a power of p. Gilbert Baumslag (Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 55 (1959), 224–231) has shown that such a group is nilpotent; the main result of this paper is an upper bound on its nilpotency class in terms of parameters of H and G/H. It is shown that this bound is attained whenever G is a wreath product and H its base group.A descending central series, here called the cpp-series, is involved in these calculations more closely than is the lower central series, and the class of the wreath product in terms of this series is also found.Two tools used to obtain the main result, namely a useful basis for a finite p-group and a result about the augmentation ideal of the integer group ring of a finite p-group, may have some independent interest. The main result is applied to the construction of some two-generator groups of large nilpotency class with exponents 8, 9, and 25.


1976 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiomi Furuta

Let K be a Galois extension of an algebraic number field k of finite degree with Galois group g. Then g acts on a congruent ideal class group of K as a group of automorphisms, when the class field M over K corresponding to is normal over K. Let Ig be the augmentation ideal of the group ring Zg over the ring of integers Z, namely Ig be the ideal of Zg generated by σ − 1, σ running over all elements of g. Then is the group of all elements aσ-1 where a and σ belong to and g respectively.


1979 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 133-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susumu Shirai

Let Q be the rational number field, K/Q be a finite Galois extension with the Galois group G, and let CK be the ideal class group of K in the wider sense. We consider CK as a G-module. Denote by I the augmentation ideal of the group ring of G over the ring of rational integers. Then CK/I(CK) is called the central ideal class group of K, which is the maximal factor group of CK on which G acts trivially. A. Fröhlich [3, 41 rationally determined the central ideal class group of a complete Abelian field over Q whose degree is some power of a prime. The proof is based on Theorems 3 and 4 of Fröhlich [2]. D. Garbanati [6] recently gave an algorithm which will produce the l-invariants of the central ideal class group of an Abelian extension over Q for each prime l dividing its order.


2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 515-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Hutchinson ◽  
Liqun Tao

Let F be a field of characteristic not equal to 2. We describe the relation between the non-negative dimensional Milnor-Witt K-theory of F and the tensor algebra over the group ring ℤ[F×] of the augmentation ideal [Formula: see text]. In the process, we clarify the structure of the additive group [Formula: see text], giving a simple presentation in particular.


Author(s):  
R. L. Fray

AbstractThe group near-ring constructed from a right near-ring R and a group G is studied in the special case where the near-ring is distributively generated. In particular, results concerning homomorphisms of near-rings or of groups and the augmentation ideal are obtained which resemble closely those obtained for group rings.


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