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Unipotent Matrix Groups Over Division Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

H. Y. Mochizuki*
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara, Californìa 93106, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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If G is a unipotent group of n×n matrices over a division ring of characteristic 0 or prime p greater than (n- 1) (n-[n/2]) where [n/2] is the greatest integer less than or equal to n/2, then it is proved that G can be simultaneously triangularized.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1978

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