We give a new characterization of Lusztig’s canonical quotient, a finite group attached to each special nilpotent orbit of a complex semisimple Lie algebra. This group plays an important role in the classification of unipotent representations of finite groups of Lie type. We also define a duality map. To each pair of a nilpotent orbit and a conjugacy class in its fundamental group, the map assi...

We exhibit counterexamples to a Conjecture of Nesin, since we build a connected solvable group with finite center and of finite Morley rank in which no normal nilpotent subgroup has a nilpotent complement. The main result says that each centerless connected solvable group G of finite Morley has a normal nilpotent subgroup U and an abelian subgroup T such that G = U o T , if and only if, for any...

If R is a binomial ring, then a nilpotent R-powered group G is termed power-commutative if for any α ∈ R, [gα, h] = 1 implies [g, h] = 1 whenever gα 6= 1. In this paper, we further contribute to the theory of nilpotent R-powered groups. In particular, we prove that if G is a nilpotent R-powered group of finite type which is not of finite π-type for any prime π ∈ R, then G is PC if and only if i...

It has been asserted that any (full) order on a torsion-free, finitely generated, nilpotent group is defined by some F-basis of G and that the group of o-automorphisms of such a group is itself a group of the same kind: Examples provided herein demonstrate that both of these assertions are false; however, it is proved that the group of o-automorphisms of an ordered, polycyclic group is nilpoten...

We provide an explicit construction for a complete set of orthogonal primitive idempotents of finite group algebras over nilpotent groups. Furthermore, we give a complete set of matrix units in each simple epimorphic image of a finite group algebra of a nilpotent group.