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Conjugacy classes in projective and special linear groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

G.E. Wall
G.E. Wall
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
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Abstract

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The conjugacy classes in the finite-dimensional projective full linear, special linear and projective special linear groups over an arbitrary commutative field are determined. The results over a finite field are applied to certain enumerative problems.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , December 1980 , pp. 339 - 364
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1980

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