On a conjecture of Zassenhaus on torsion units in integral group rings. II

Polcino Milies, César; Ritter, Jürgen; Sehgal, Sudarshan K.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1986-0835865-5

On a conjecture of Zassenhaus on torsion units in integral group rings. II
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 (1986), 201-206 Request permission

Abstract:

Suppose that a group $G$ has a normal subgroup $C$ where $C$ and $G/C$ are cyclic of relatively prime orders. Then any torsion unit in $ZG$ is rationally conjugate to a trivial unit.

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