The Modular Group Algebras of P-Groups of Maximal Class

Abstract

The isomorphism problem for modular group algebras of finite p-groups appears to be still far from a solution (see [7] for a survey of the existing results). It is therefore of interest to investigate the problem for special classes of groups.The groups we consider here are the p-groups of maximal class, which were extensively studied by Blackburn [1]. In this paper we solve the modular isomorphism problem for such groups of order not larger than pp+1, having an abelian maximal subgroup, for odd primes p.What we in fact do is to generalize methods used by Passman [5] to solve the isomorphism problem for groups of order p4. In Passman's paper the case of groups of maximal class is actually the most difficult one.