Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Vol. 71, No. 4, pp. 1011-1014, 2021


Summands of finite group algebras

Carsten Dietzel, Gaurav Mittal

Received May 1, 2020.   Published online December 14, 2020.

Abstract:  We study the inverse problem of the determination of a group algebra from the knowledge of its Wedderburn decomposition. We show that a certain class of matrix rings always occur as summands of finite group algebras.
Keywords:  Wedderburn decomposition; group algebra
Classification MSC:  20C05


References:
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Affiliations:   Carsten Dietzel, Institute of Algebra and Number Theory, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, e-mail: carstendietzel@gmx.de; Gaurav Mittal (corresponding author), Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India, e-mail: gmittal@ma.iitr.ac.in


 
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