The special orthogonal group is trireflectional. (Q1881516): Difference between revisions

Let \(K\) be a field of even characteristic, and let \(V\) be a finite dimensional vector space over \(K\). The authors prove that every element of \(\text{SO}(V)\) can be written as product of \(3\) or fewer involutions in \(\text{SO}(V)\) provided \(\dim V>2\) and \(\text{SO}(V)\neq O^+(4,2)\).