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Adjoint Jordan blocks for simple algebraic groups of type $C_{\ell}$ in characteristic two

Group Theory 2024-01-30 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a simple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field KK with Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g}. For unipotent elements uGu \in G and nilpotent elements ege \in \mathfrak{g}, the Jordan block sizes of Ad(u)\operatorname{Ad}(u) and ad(e)\operatorname{ad}(e) are known in most cases. In the cases that remain, the group GG is of classical type in bad characteristic, so charK=2\operatorname{char} K = 2 and GG is of type BB_{\ell}, CC_{\ell}, or DD_{\ell}. In this paper, we consider the case where GG is of type CC_{\ell} and charK=2\operatorname{char} K = 2. As our main result, we determine the Jordan block sizes of Ad(u)\operatorname{Ad}(u) and ad(e)\operatorname{ad}(e) for all unipotent uGu \in G and nilpotent ege \in \mathfrak{g}. In the case where GG is of adjoint type, we will also describe the Jordan block sizes on [g,g][\mathfrak{g}, \mathfrak{g}].

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@article{arxiv.2303.14902,
  title  = {Adjoint Jordan blocks for simple algebraic groups of type $C_{\ell}$ in characteristic two},
  author = {Mikko Korhonen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.14902},
  year   = {2024}
}

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