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Groups of outer type E6 with trivial Tits algebras

Group Theory 2009-05-23 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

In two 1966 papers, Jacques Tits gave a construction of exceptional Lie algebras (hence implicitly exceptional algebraic groups) and a classification of possible indexes of simple algebraic groups. For the special case of his construction that gives groups of type E6, we connect the two papers by answering the question: Given an Albert algebra A and a separable quadratic field extension K, what is the index of the resulting algebraic group?

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@article{arxiv.math/0511229,
  title  = {Groups of outer type E6 with trivial Tits algebras},
  author = {Skip Garibaldi and Holger P. Petersson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0511229},
  year   = {2009}
}

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