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Keywords:
units of group algebras; \$A\$-groups
Summary:
Suppose \$F\$ is a field of characteristic \$p\neq 0\$ and \$H\$ is a \$p\$-primary abelian \$A\$-group. It is shown that \$H\$ is a direct factor of the group of units of the group algebra \$F H\$.
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