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Hypercentral units in integral group rings

Author(s): Yuanlin Li; M. M. Parmenter
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 129 (2001), 2235-2238.
MSC (2000): Primary 16S34, 20C07
Posted: January 23, 2001
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Abstract:

In this note, we show that when $G$ is a torsion group the second center of the group of units $U({\mathbb Z}G)$ of the integral group ring ${\mathbb Z}G$ is generated by its torsion subgroup and by the center of $U({\mathbb Z}G)$. This extends a result of Arora and Passi (1993) from finite groups to torsion groups, and completes the characterization of hypercentral units in ${\mathbb Z}G$ when $G$ is a torsion group.


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Additional Information:

Yuanlin Li
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, New Foundland, Canada A1C 5S7

M. M. Parmenter
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, New Foundland, Canada A1C 5S7

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-01-05848-8
PII: S 0002-9939(01)05848-8
Received by editor(s): August 3, 1999
Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 24, 1999
Posted: January 23, 2001
Additional Notes: This research was supported in part by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
Communicated by: Steven D. Smith
Copyright of article: Copyright 2001, American Mathematical Society


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