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support (Definition)

Let $R[G]$ be the group ring of a group $G$ over a ring $R$ .

Let $x = \sum_g x_g g$ be an element of $R[G]$ . The support of $x$ , often written $\supp(x)$ , is the set of elements of $G$ which occur with non-zero coefficient in the expansion of $x$ .

Thus: $$\supp(x) = \{ g \in G \mid x_g \neq 0 \}.$$




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Cross-references: coefficient, ring, group, group ring
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This is version 2 of support, born on 2003-10-20, modified 2003-10-20.
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AMS MSC16S34 (Associative rings and algebras :: Rings and algebras arising under various constructions :: Group rings , Laurent polynomial rings)

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