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Twisted conjugacy classes in twisted Chevalley groups

Group Theory 2025-10-06 v3

Abstract

Let G be a group and {\phi} be an automorphism of G. Two elements x, y of G are said to be {\phi}-twisted if y = gx{\phi}(g)^{-1} for some g in G. We say that a group G has the R_{\infty}-property if the number of {\phi}-twisted conjugacy classes is infinite for every automorphism {\phi} of G. In this paper, we prove that twisted Chevalley groups over the field k of characteristic zero have the R_{\infty}-property as well as S_{\infty}-property if k has finite transcendence degree over \mathbb{Q} or Aut(k) is periodic.

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@article{arxiv.2002.01446,
  title  = {Twisted conjugacy classes in twisted Chevalley groups},
  author = {Sushil Bhunia and Pinka Dey and Amit Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.01446},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

18 pages. Final version to appear in Journal of Algebra and its Applications

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