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Two-transitive Lie groups

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v3 Group Theory

Abstract

Using a characterization of parabolics in reductive Lie groups due to Furstenberg, elementary properties of buildings, and some algebraic topology, we give a new proof of Tits' classification of 2-transitive Lie groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0106108,
  title  = {Two-transitive Lie groups},
  author = {Linus Kramer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0106108},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

To appear in: Journal Reine Angew. Mathematik