Rigidity of \(p\)-adic \(p\)-torsion
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Rigidity of \(p\)-adic \(p\)-torsion
zbMATH Open document ID: 0647.20007
DOI: 10.2307/2007056
author: A. Weiss
published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: This is a beautiful paper! It has its origin in the so-called Brauer-Zassenhaus conjecture asking whether, given a finite subgroup \(S\) of units in the integral group ring \({\mathbb{Z}}G\) of a finite group \(G\), there exists an invertible element \(u\) in the rational group algebra \({\mathbb{Q}}G\) that conjugates \(S\) into \(\pm G\). As is shown, for \(p\)-groups \(G\) the answer is positive in an even stronger sense, namely if one replaces \({\mathbb{Z}}\) by the \(p\)-adics, \({\mathbb{Z}}_ p\), then the \(u\) can already be taken in \({\mathbb{Z}}_ pG\). Very closely related to this is the work of \textit{K. Roggenkamp} and \textit{L. Scott} [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 126, 593-647 (1987; Zbl 0633.20003)]; in their paper, however, the groups \(S\) are always of the same size as \(G\). While they are using methods from, essentially, K-theory, in the present paper the result comes as a corollary of an important theorem on permutation modules which really is the heart of the matter. Namely, if \(G\) is a \(p\)-group and \(M\) a \({\mathbb{Z}}_ pG\)-lattice whose restriction to some normal subgroup \(N\) of \(G\) is free and which is such that \(M^ N\) appears as a permutation lattice for \(G/N\), then \(M\) itself is a permutation lattice. Actually, as a consequence one not only obtains the already mentioned result but also a generalization concerning matrices over \({\mathbb{Z}}_ pG\) which have also been studied in [\textit{Z. Marciniak}, the reviewer, \textit{S. K. Sehgal} and \textit{A. Weiss}, J. Number Theory 25, 340-352 (1987; Zbl 0611.16007)].
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20C05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16S34
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16U60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20D15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20C11
zbMATH DE Number: 4055864
zbMATH Keywords: Brauer-Zassenhaus conjecture
zbMATH Keywords: units
zbMATH Keywords: integral group rings
zbMATH Keywords: \(p\)-groups
zbMATH Keywords: permutation modules
zbMATH Keywords: permutation lattices
reviewed by: Jürgen Ritter
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2007056
OpenAlex ID: W1998040553
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