Finite dimensional group rings

Triangularization over finite-dimensional division rings using the reduced trace

In this paper we study triangularization of collections of matrices whose entries come from a finite-dimensional division ring. First, we give a generalization of Guralnick's theorem to the case of finite-dimensional division rings and then we show that in this case the reduced trace function is a suitable alternative for trace function by presenting two triangularization results. The first one...

triangularization over finite-dimensional division rings using the reduced trace

in this paper we study triangularization of collections of matrices whose entries come from a finite-dimensional division ring. first, we give a generalization of guralnick's theorem to the case of finite-dimensional division rings and then we show that in this case the reduced trace function is a suitable alternative for trace function by presenting two triangularization results. the firs...

On Torsion Subgroups in Integral Group Rings of Finite Groups

On some subgroups of the multiplicative group of finite rings

Let S be a subset of Fq, the field of q elements and h ∈ Fq[x] a polynomial of degree d > 1 with no roots in S. Consider the group generated by the image of {x − s | s ∈ S} in the group of units of the ring Fq[x]/(h). In this paper we present a number of lower bounds for the size of this group. Our main motivation is an application to the recent polynomial time primality testing algorithm [AKS]...

Primitive central idempotents of finite group rings of symmetric groups

Let p be a prime. We denote by Sn the symmetric group of degree n, by An the alternating group of degree n and by Fp the field with p elements. An important concept of modular representation theory of a finite group G is the notion of a block. The blocks are in one-to-one correspondence with block idempotents, which are the primitive central idempotents of the group ring FqG, where q is a prime...