Special rank one groups with abelian unipotent subgroups are perfect
Group Theory
2011-09-01 v1
Abstract
T. De Medts, Y. Segev and K. Tent [Special Moufang sets, their root groups and their \mu-maps, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 96 (2008), 767-791] proved that the little projective group of a special Moufang set M(U,\tau) is perfect provided that U has size at least 4. We give a short, elementary and self-contained argument when U is abelian, working with Timmesfeld's concept of special (abstract) rank one groups with abelian unipotent subgroups [Abstract root subgroups and simple groups of Lie type, Monographs in Mathematics, 95. Birkh\"auser, 2001]. This simplifies Timmesfeld's (quasi) simplicity criterion for groups generated by abstract root subgroups [loc. cit., II (2.14)].
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@article{arxiv.1108.6189,
title = {Special rank one groups with abelian unipotent subgroups are perfect},
author = {Anja Steinbach},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.6189},
year = {2011}
}
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3 pages