On the modular isomorphism problem for 2-generated groups with cyclic derived subgroup

Abstract

We continue the analysis of the modular isomorphism problem for [Formula: see text]-generated [Formula: see text]-groups with cyclic derived subgroup, [Formula: see text], started in [D. García-Lucas, Á. del Río and M. Stanojkowski, On group invariants determined by modular group algebras: Even versus odd characteristic, Algebra Represent. Theory 26 (2022) 2683–2707, doi:10.1007/s10468-022-10182-x]. We show that if [Formula: see text] belongs to this class of groups, then the isomorphism type of the quotients [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are determined by its modular group algebra. In fact, we obtain a more general but technical result, expressed in terms of the classification [O. Broche, D. García-Lucas and Á. del Río, A classification of the finite 2-generator cyclic-by-abelian groups of prime-power order, Int. J. Algebra Comput. 33(4) (2023) 641–686]. We also show that for groups in this class of order at most [Formula: see text], the modular isomorphism problem has positive answer. Finally, we describe some families of groups of order [Formula: see text] whose group algebras over the field with [Formula: see text] elements cannot be distinguished with the techniques available to us.