On the Jacobson radical and unit groups of group álgebras.
In this paper, we study the situation as to when the unit group U(KG) of a group algebra KG equals K*G(1 + J(KG)), where K is a field of characteristic p > 0 and G is a finite group.
Lie solvable groups algebras of derived length three.
Let K be a field of characteristic p > 2 and let G be a group. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained so that the group algebra KG is strongly Lie solvable of derived length at most 3. It is also shown that these conditions are equivalent to KG Lie solvable of derived length 3 in characteristic p ≥ 7.
Group algebras with centrally metabelian unit groups.
Given a field K of characteristic p > 2 and a finite group G, necessary and sufficient conditions for the unit group U(KG) of the group algebra KG to be centrally metabelian are obtained. It is observed that U(KG) is centrally metabelian if and only if KG is Lie centrally metabelian.
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