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The norm of a Ree group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2016

Tom De Medts  and
Richard M. Weiss
Tom De Medts
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S22, 9000 Gent, Belgium, [email protected]
Richard M. Weiss
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA, [email protected]
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Abstract

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We give an explicit construction of the Ree groups of type G2 as groups acting on mixed Moufang hexagons together with detailed proofs of the basic properties of these groups contained in the two fundamental papers of Tits on this subject (see [7] and [8]). We also give a short proof that the norm of a Ree group is anisotropic.

Keywords

20E4251E1251E24
Type
Research Article
Information
Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 199 , September 2010 , pp. 15 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 2010

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