A question to Finite Multiplicative subgroups in a division ring of I. N. Herstein

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In this, I can't find the results in German as proof steps of Lemma 3 (... by Satz 88 [2, p. 72]) and Theorem 7 in page 123 (... Using results about division subalgebras of division algebras [1, p. 42, Satz 3] ... ). Can you tell me about these? How his results have been extended to now? Has the hope at the end of your article been fulfilled?

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In 1955, S. A. Amitsur completely classified what types of finite subgroups of the multiplicative group of a division ring exist.

S. A. Amitsur: Finite subgroups of division rings, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 80(1955), 361- 386. MR 17:577c

In this paper, he disproves Herstein’s conjecture.

A nice exposition by Lam exists which I will also recommend

Lam, T. "Finite groups embeddable in division rings." Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 129.11 (2001): 3161-3166.