Lie properties of symmetric elements in group rings.
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Lie properties of symmetric elements in group rings.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1169.16014
author: Sudarshan K. Sehgal
author: Antonio Giambruno
author: C. Polcino Milies
published in: Journal of Algebra
publication date: 2009-04-29T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(KG\) be a group algebra and * its involution induced by an involution of the group. In the paper of the first and third authors [Commun. Algebra 21, No. 11, 4253-4261 (1993; Zbl 0797.16036)], it was proved that under suitable conditions if the set of symmetric elements (with respect to the classical involution) is Lie nilpotent then so is the group algebra. Recently research intensified concerning the question that which properties of symmetric or skew-symmetric elements infer the respective property of the whole algebra. The main results of the authors are as follows. If the characteristic is not 2 and there are no 2-elements in the group then the whole algebra is Lie \(n\)-Engel if and only if symmetric elements are Lie \(m\)-Engel; further, the whole algebra is Lie nilpotent if and only if symmetric elements are Lie-nilpotent. A key point in the arguments is the classical theorem of Amitsur that if the symmetric (or skew-symmetric) elements satisfy a polynomial identity then so does the ring. It is announced that in a paper by \textit{G.~T. Lee, E.~Spinelli} and \textit{S.~K.~Sehgal} [J. Pure Appl. Algebra 213, No. 6, 1173-1178 (2009; Zbl 1170.16019)] these results are established even in the presence of 2-elements in the group.
reviewed by: János Kurdics
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16S34
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16W10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20C07
zbMATH DE Number: 5549341
zbMATH Keywords: group algebras
zbMATH Keywords: Lie nilpotent algebras
zbMATH Keywords: Lie \(n\)-Engel algebras
zbMATH Keywords: symmetric elements
zbMATH Keywords: involutions
zbMATH Keywords: Lie algebras
zbMATH Keywords: skew-symmetric elements
zbMATH Keywords: Lie nilpotence
Wikidata QID: Q115351330
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full work available at URL: j.jalgebra.2008.09.041
OpenAlex ID: W2060503743
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DOI: 10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2008.09.041
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5549341