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Isomorphy Classes of Involutions of $\text{SP}(2n, k)$, $n>2$

Representation Theory 2014-07-16 v1

Abstract

A first characterization of the isomorphism classes of kk-involutions for any reductive algebraic groups defined over a perfect field was given by Helminck in 2000 using 33 invariants. In 2004, Helminck, Wu, and Dometrius gave a full classification of all involutions on SL(n,k)\text{SL}(n,k) for kk algebraically closed, the real numbers, the pp-adic numbers or a finite field was provided. In this paper, we build on these results to develop a detailed characterization of the involutions of SP(2n,k)\text{SP}(2n, k). We use these results to classify the isomorphy classes of involutions of SP(2n,k)\text{SP}(2n, k) where kk is any field not of characteristic 2.

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@article{arxiv.1407.3784,
  title  = {Isomorphy Classes of Involutions of $\text{SP}(2n, k)$, $n>2$},
  author = {Robert W. Benim and Aloysius G. Helminck and Farrah Jackson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.3784},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

35 Pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1407.3746