Centralisers of semi-simple elements are semidirect products
Group Theory
2026-04-20 v3
Abstract
Let be a connected reductive algebraic group over an algebraically closed field, and let be a semisimple element. We show that the centraliser of is the semi-direct product of its identity component by its group of components. We then look at the case where is defined over an algebraic closure of a finite field , and is a Frobenius endomorphism attached to an -structure on . We show that if the centraliser of is -stable we have a semi-direct product decomposition of the -fixed points.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.19164,
title = {Centralisers of semi-simple elements are semidirect products},
author = {François Digne and Jean Michel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.19164},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Lemma 1.6 was false. For finite reductive groups we have a result for all semisimple elements