Group rings whose symmetric elements are Lie nilpotent

Authors
Citation
Gt. Lee, Group rings whose symmetric elements are Lie nilpotent, P AM MATH S, 127(11), 1999, pp. 3153-3159
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00029939 → ACNP
Volume
127
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3153 - 3159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9939(199911)127:11<3153:GRWSEA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Let FG be the group ring of a group G over a field F, with characteristic d ifferent from 2. Let * denote the natural involution on FG sending each gro up element to its inverse. Denote by (FG)(+) the set of symmetric elements with respect to this involution. A paper of Giambruno and Sehgal showed tha t provided G has no 2-elements, if (FG)(+) is Lie nilpotent, then so is FG. In this paper, we determine when (FG)(+) is Lie nilpotent, if G does conta in 2-elements.