The unit groups of semisimple group algebras of some non-metabelian groups of order 144

Abstract

We consider all the non-metabelian groups $G$ of order $144$ that have exponent either 36 or 72 and deduce the unit group $U(\mathbb{F}_qG)$ of semisimple group algebra $\mathbb{F}_qG$. Here, $q$ denotes the power of a prime, i.e., $q=p^r$ for $p$ prime and a positive integer $r$. Up to isomorphism, there are $6$ groups of order 144 that have exponent either 36 or 72. Additionally, we also discuss how to simply obtain the unit groups of the semisimple group algebras of those non-metabelian groups of order 144 that are a direct product of two nontrivial groups. In all, this paper covers the unit groups of semisimple group algebras of 17 non-metabelian groups.\looseness-1

Keywords

• unit group
• finite field
• wedderburn decomposition