On the Semisimplicity Problem for Group Rings

On the Semisimplicity Problem for Group Rings

Wed, 21/10/2009
11:30 		Peter Pappas (Vassar College) Algebra Kinderseminar Add to calendar ChCh, Tom Gate, Room 2
On the Semisimplicity Problem for Group Rings
The semisimplicity problem is the long-standing conjecture that the group algebra $ KG $ of a $ p' $-group $ G $ over a field $ K $ of characteristic $ p\geqslant 0 $ has zero Jacobson radical. We will discuss recent advances in connection with this problem.