A short proof that root groups are nilpotent.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2003.07.008MaRDI QIDQ1882892zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Katrin Tent

Publication date 1 October 2004

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2003.07.008

zbMATH Keywords

unipotent radicalroot groupsMoufang polygonsspherical Moufang buildings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings (20E42) Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Buildings and the geometry of diagrams (51E24)

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