Cameron's prime-element conjecture for permutation group algebras

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Let GG) be a permutation group on an infinite set Ω\Omega, and let A(G)A(G) be Cameron's commutative, associative, graded algebra encoding the action of GG on finite subsets of Ω\Omega. Let ε\varepsilon be the element of the degree-one component defined in the paper.

Cameron's prime-element conjecture. If GG has no finite orbits, then ε\varepsilon is a prime element in A(G)A(G).

This is one of Cameron's conjectures concerning zero divisors in permutation group algebras. The paper presents it as the stronger of two conjectures and indicates that the weaker integral-domain conjecture follows from it; its general status is not specified here.

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Primary source

Julian D. Gilbey, “Permutation group algebras”, arXiv:math/0112173 (2002).

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