On the conjectures of J. Thompson and O. Ore
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- by Erich W. Ellers and Nikolai Gordeev
- Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 350 (1998), 3657-3671
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-98-01953-9
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Abstract:
If $G$ is a finite simple group of Lie type over a field containing more than $8$ elements (for twisted groups $^{l} X_{n} (q^{l})$ we require $q > 8$, except for $^{2} B_{2} (q^{2})$, $^{2} G_{2} (q^{2})$, and $^{2} F_{4} (q^{2})$, where we assume $q^{2} > 8$), then $G$ is the square of some conjugacy class and consequently every element in $G$ is a commutator.References
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Bibliographic Information
- Erich W. Ellers
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3
- Email: ellers@math.utoronto.ca
- Nikolai Gordeev
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Russian State Pedagogical University, Moijka 48, St. Petersburg, Russia 191-186
- Email: algebra@ivt.rgpu.spb.ru
- Received by editor(s): April 5, 1996
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: October 10, 1996
- Additional Notes: Research supported in part by NATO collaborative research grant CRG 950689
- © Copyright 1998 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 350 (1998), 3657-3671
- MSC (1991): Primary 20G15
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-98-01953-9
- MathSciNet review: 1422600