Trivial units in group rings

Daniel R. Farkas and Peter A. Linnell

Let G be an arbitrary group and let U be a subgroup of the normalized units in $ 
\mathbb {Z}
$G. We show that if U contains G as a subgroup of finite index, then U = G. This result can be used to give an alternative proof of a recent result of Marciniak and Sehgal on units in the integral group ring of a crystallographic group.



 

Peter Linnell
1998-06-17