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Proper Moufang sets with abelian root groups are special
Author(s):
Yoav
Segev
Journal:
J. Amer. Math. Soc.
22
(2009),
889-908.
MSC (2000):
Primary 20E42;
Secondary 17C60
Posted:
January 5, 2009
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Abstract:
Moufang sets are split  -pairs of rank one, or the Moufang buildings of rank one. As such they have been studied extensively, being the basic `building blocks' of all split  -pairs. A Moufang set is proper if it is not sharply  -transitive. We prove that a proper Moufang set whose root groups are abelian is special. This resolves an important conjecture in the area of Moufang sets. It enables us to apply the theory of quadratic Jordan division algebras to such Moufang sets.
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Additional Information:
Yoav
Segev
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
Email:
yoavs@math.bgu.ac.il
DOI:
10.1090/S0894-0347-09-00631-6
PII:
S 0894-0347(09)00631-6
Keywords:
Moufang set,
root group
Received by editor(s):
February 19, 2008
Posted:
January 5, 2009
Additional Notes:
The author was partially supported by BSF grant no. 2004-083
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