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Complete Reducibility in Good Characteristic

Group Theory 2023-10-03 v3 Representation Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a simple algebraic group of exceptional type, over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p0p \ge 0. A closed subgroup HH of GG is called GG-completely reducible (GG-cr) if whenever HH is contained in a parabolic subgroup PP of GG, it is contained in a Levi subgroup of PP. In this paper we determine the GG-conjugacy classes of non-GG-cr simple connected subgroups of GG when pp is good for GG. For each such subgroup XX, we determine the action of XX on the adjoint module L(G)L(G) and the connected centraliser of XX in GG. As a consequence we classify all non-GG-cr connected reductive subgroups of GG, and determine their connected centralisers. We also classify the subgroups of GG which are maximal among connected reductive subgroups, but not maximal among all connected subgroups.

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@article{arxiv.1505.00939,
  title  = {Complete Reducibility in Good Characteristic},
  author = {Alastair J. Litterick and Adam R. Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.00939},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

67 pages. v2 appeared in Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. This version includes a corrigendum, detailing two classes of subgroups which were omitted from the published version

R2 v1 2026-06-22T09:28:14.482Z