Involution centralisers in finite unitary groups of odd characteristic

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2019.09.009zbMath1485.20122arXiv1812.01362OpenAlexW2975751786WikidataQ127202278 ScholiaQ127202278MaRDI QIDQ2282994

Stephen P. Glasby, Cheryl E. Praeger, Colva M. Roney-Dougal

Publication date: 27 December 2019

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.01362

zbMATH Keywords

unitary groupsclassical groupsrecognition algorithmsgroup generationregular semisimple elementsinvolution centralisers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

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