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We show that for every prime r all r-subgroups in the normalized units of the integral group ring of PSL(2, p 3) are isomorphic to subgroups of PSL(2, p 3). This answers a question of Hertweck et al. for this series of groups.
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A. Bächle is supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen).
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Bächle, A., Margolis, L. Torsion subgroups in the units of the integral group ring of PSL(2, p 3). Arch. Math. 105, 1–11 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-015-0784-z
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