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Products of involutions in symplectic groups over general fields (II)

Group Theory 2024-05-07 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let ss be an nn-dimensional symplectic form over a field F\mathbb{F} of characteristic other than 22, with n>2n>2. In a previous article, we have proved that if F\mathbb{F} is infinite then every element of the symplectic group Sp(s)\mathrm{Sp}(s) is the product of four involutions if nn is a multiple of 44 and of five involutions otherwise. Here, we adapt this result to all finite fields with characteristic not 22, with the sole exception of the very special situation where n=4n=4 and F=3|\mathbb{F}|=3, 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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