Subgroups of classical groups generated by long root elements

Kantor, William M.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1979-0522265-1

Subgroups of classical groups generated by long root elements
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Abstract:

All conjugacy classes of subgroups G of classical groups of characteristic p are determined, which are generated by a conjugacy class of long root elements and satisfy ${O_p}(G) \leqslant G’ \cap Z(G)$.

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