Connecting monomiality questions with the structure of rational group algebras

The purpose of this paper is to show the vastness of the class of generalized strongly monomial groups and the implication of its study on monomiality questions studied by group theorists. The so called generalized strongly monomial groups, which is a generalization of strongly monomial groups introduced by Olivieri, del Río and Simón, arose in a recent work of authors while understanding the algebraic structure of rational group algebras.