THE STRUCTURE OF U(F5 kD20)

Year 2010, Volume: 8 Issue: 8, 153 - 160, 01.12.2010

Joe Gildea

Abstract

The structure of the unit group of the group algebra of the group D20 over any field of characteristic 5 is established in terms of split extensions of cyclic groups.

Keywords

unit group, group ring, group algebra, dihedral, cyclic

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