The geometry of root subgroups in exceptional groups. I

DOI10.1007/BF00151515zbMath0443.20005OpenAlexW2046830018MaRDI QIDQ1144120

Bruce N. Cooperstein

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00151515

zbMATH Keywords

parabolic subgroupsgeneralized polygonsexceptional groups of Lie typeroot systemfinite Chevalley groupsroot subgroupslong roots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Geometric group theory (20F65) Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Associated Lie structures for groups (20F40) Other finite incidence structures (geometric aspects) (51E30) Characterization theorems for permutation groups (20B10)

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