Suppose is a commutative unital ring and is an abelian group. We give a general criterion only in terms of and when all normalized units in the commutative group ring are -nilpotent. This extends recent results published in [Extracta Math., 2008–2009] and [Ann. Sci. Math. Québec, 2009].
Let be a prime ring with its Utumi ring of quotients and extended centroid . Suppose that is a generalized derivation of and is a noncentral Lie ideal of such that for all , where is a fixed integer. Then one of the following holds:
We give a full description of locally finite -groups such that the normalized group of units of the group algebra over a field of characteristic has exponent .
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.
Let U(RG) be the unit group of the group ring RG. Groups G such that U(RG) is FC-nilpotent are determined, where R is the ring of integers Z or a field K of characteristic zero.