Products of involutions in symplectic groups over general fields (II)
Group Theory
2024-05-07 v1 Rings and Algebras
Abstract
Let be an -dimensional symplectic form over a field of characteristic other than , with . In a previous article, we have proved that if is infinite then every element of the symplectic group is the product of four involutions if is a multiple of and of five involutions otherwise. Here, we adapt this result to all finite fields with characteristic not , with the sole exception of the very special situation where and , a special case which we study extensively.
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@article{arxiv.2405.02663,
title = {Products of involutions in symplectic groups over general fields (II)},
author = {Clément de Seguins Pazzis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.02663},
year = {2024}
}
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