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A note on central idempotents in group rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Sonia P. Coelho
Affiliation:
Instituto de Matemática e Estatistica, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 20.570 (Ag. Iguatemi), 01000—S. Paulo, Brazil
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Let G be a group and K a field. We denote by (KG) the group of units of the group ring of G over K and for a group X we denote by T(X) the setof torsion elements of G i.e., the set of all elements of finite order.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1987

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