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Large abelian subgroups of Chevalley groups

Part of: Linear algebraic groups and related topics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Michael J. J. Barry
Michael J. J. Barry
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsCarysfort CollegeBlackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
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Abstract

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For any group S let Ab(S) = {A∣A is an abelian subgroup of S of maximal order}. Let G be a Chevalley group of type An, Bn, Cn, or Dn over a finite field of characteristic p and let. In this paper Ab(U) is determined for all such groups.

MSC classification

Secondary: 20G40: Linear algebraic groups over finite fields
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 59 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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