A comparison of group algebras of dihedral and quaternion groups

Leo Creedon; Kieran Hughes; Steve Szabo

doi:10.1007/s00200-020-00485-1

A comparison of group algebras of dihedral and quaternion groups

Leo Creedon, Kieran Hughes, Steve Szabo

Eastern Kentucky University

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Abstract

The group algebras of the generalised quaternion groups and the dihedral groups of order a power of 2 are compared. Their group algebras over a finite field of characteristic 2 are known to be non-isomorphic and several new proofs of this are given which may be of independent interest. However, the two group algebras are very similar and are shown to have many ring theoretic properties in common. Lastly, the semisimple case (where the characteristic of the field is greater than 2) is considered and the minimum noncommutative counterexample to the Isomorphism Problem is identified.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	245-264
Number of pages	20
Journal	Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communications and Computing
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00200-020-00485-1
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

Keywords

Actions of Lie algebras
Dihedral
Group algebra
Group ring
Modular
Quaternion
Reflexive rings
Reversible rings
Semicomutative rings
Symmetric rings

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