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Keywords:
Wedderburn decomposition; group algebra
Summary:
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.
References:
[1] Milies, C. Polcino, Sehgal, S. K.: An Introduction to Group Rings. Algebras and Applications 1. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (2002). MR 1896125 | Zbl 0997.20003
[2] Serre, J.-P.: Linear Representations of Finite Groups. Graduate Texts in Mathematics 42. Springer, New York (1977). DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-9458-7 | MR 0450380 | Zbl 0355.20006
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