Finite quotients of the pure symplectic braid group (Q1269757)

The authors show that the finite symplectic groups arise as quotients of the pure symplectic braid group. The proof of this results makes use of a deep result of Kantor classifying primitive linear groups generated by transvections. As an application we get a result in the inverse Galois theory: The simple group \(Sp_n(2^f)\), \(1\leq f\neq 2\), \(n\geq 10\), occurs as a Galois group over \(\mathbb{Q}\) if \(n\geq 2\varphi(2^f-1)\) for even \(f\) and \(n\geq 2\varphi(2^f+1)\) for odd \(f\). Here \(\varphi\) denotes Euler's phi-function.