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WITT GROUPS AND UNIPOTENT ELEMENTS IN ALGEBRAIC GROUPS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2001

RICHARD PROUD
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WB [email protected]
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Abstract

Let $G$ be a semisimple algebraic group defined over an algebraically closed field $K$ of good characteristic $p>0.$ Let $u$ be a unipotent element of $G$ of order $p^{t}$, for some $t\in {\Bbb N}$. In this paper it is shown that $u$ lies in a closed subgroup of $G$ isomorphic to the {\it Witt group} $W_{t}(K),$ which is a $t$-dimensional connected abelian unipotent algebraic group. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 20G15.

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Research Article
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2001 London Mathematical Society

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