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Groups whose complex irreducible representations are finite dimensional
By a complex irreducible representation of a group $G$, I mean a simple $\mathbb CG$-module. So my representations need not be unitary and we are working in the purely algebraic setting.
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Detecting a module for the free group algebra on a finite quotient
Let $F_2$ be the free group on two generators $x,y$ and let $R$ be the group algebra $\mathbf{Q}[F_2]$. Let $a,b,c$ be integers. Then define a right $R$-module
$M = R / (ax + by + c) R$.
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Any f.p. faithful simple module over a primitive group ring?
Recall that a ring $R$ is primitive if it has a faithful simple left module. Let $G$ be a countable discrete group and $R=\mathbb{k}G$, where $\mathbb{k}$ denotes some field or $\mathbb{Z}$.
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Are these element in a group algebra of a torsion-free group zero divisors?
Let $G$ be an arbitrary torsion-free group. For $x,y\in G$, which of these elements can be decided immediately not to be zero divisors in $\mathbb ZG$ (or in $\mathbb CG$)?
$$1+x+y,\quad 4+x+x^{-1}+y+...
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Is the group ring of an amenable group, viewed as multiplicative monoid, amenable?
Motivated by this question, it seems natural to ask the following:
Question 1: Is there a [finitely generated discrete] torsion-free virtually Abelian (but not Abelian) group $G$ so that the ...
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Units in group rings
Let $F$ be any field with $p$ elements and $G$ be any finite $p$-group, combining together they form a group ring $FG$. And $V(FG)$ denotes group of units of coefficient-sum equal to 1 in $FG$. We ...
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Does this element belong to $\mathbb CG$?
Let $G$ be a torsion-free group. Let $\alpha$ be a symmetric element of $\mathbb CG$, i.e. $\alpha^*=\alpha$, with $\|\alpha\|_1=\sum|\alpha(g)|<1$, so $\beta:=\sum_{n\ge 0}(-1)^n\alpha^n$ is an ...
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Flat augmentation ideal of a group-ring
If $G$ is a group and $I$ the augmentation ideal $I=Ker(\mathbb{Z}G\rightarrow \mathbb{Z})$ suppose that:
$I$ is a flat (right) $\mathbb{Z}G$-module.
$I$ is a finitely generated (right) $\mathbb{Z}G$...
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The influence of the derived subgroup of the unit group of a group algebra
Let $FG$ be a group algebra in which $K$ is a field and $G$ is a group. Suppose that every element in the derived subgroup $\mathcal{U}(FG)'$ of the unit group $\mathcal{U}(FG)$ of $FG$ is a ...
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The normalizer problem for group rings
I recently studied about The Normalizer problem (NP) which states that given an integral group ring $\Bbb{Z}G$, $N_{\cal{U}}(G)=G\frak{z}$ where $\frak{z}$ denotes centre of $\cal{U}$ = $\cal{U}$$(\...
