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We develop a criterion for rational conjugacy of torsion units of the integral group ringℤG of a finite groupG, as also a necessary condition for an element ofℤG to be a torsion unit, and apply them to verify the Zassenhaus conjecture in case whenG=A 5.
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Luthar, I.S., Passi, I.B.S. Zassenhaus conjecture forA 5 . Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 99, 1–5 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874643
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874643