Finite subgroups of division rings

Triangularization over finite-dimensional division rings using the reduced trace

In this paper we study triangularization of collections of matrices whose entries come from a finite-dimensional division ring. First, we give a generalization of Guralnick's theorem to the case of finite-dimensional division rings and then we show that in this case the reduced trace function is a suitable alternative for trace function by presenting two triangularization results. The first one...

Finite Groups Embeddable in Division Rings

In [He], Herstein conjectured that odd-order subgroups of division rings K were cyclic, and he proved this to be the case when K is the division ring of the real quaternions. Herstein’s conjecture was settled negatively in [Am]. As part of his complete classification of finite groups in division rings, Amitsur showed that the smallest noncyclic odd-order group that can be embedded in a division...

Triangulaizability of Algebras Over Division Rings

On some subgroups of the multiplicative group of finite rings

Let S be a subset of Fq, the field of q elements and h ∈ Fq[x] a polynomial of degree d > 1 with no roots in S. Consider the group generated by the image of {x − s | s ∈ S} in the group of units of the ring Fq[x]/(h). In this paper we present a number of lower bounds for the size of this group. Our main motivation is an application to the recent polynomial time primality testing algorithm [AKS]...

On Torsion Subgroups in Integral Group Rings of Finite Groups