Conjugacy classes of centralizers in unitary groups

DOI10.1515/JGTH-2018-0036MaRDI QIDQ667021zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Juan-Miguel Gracia

Publication date 12 March 2019

Published in Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06728

zbMATH Keywords

\(z\)-equivalenceconjugacy classesunitary group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) Other matrix groups over finite fields (20H30)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a group. Two elements $x,yinG$ are said to be in the same $z$-class if their centralizers in $G$ are conjugate within $G$. Consider $mathbbF$ a perfect field of characteristic $eq2$, which has a non-trivial Galois automorphism of order $2$. Further, suppose that the fixed field $mathbb{F}_0$ has the property that it has only finitely many field extensions of any finite degree. In this paper, we prove that the number of $z$-classes in the unitary group over such fields is finite. Further, we count the number of $z$-classes in the finite unitary group $U_n(q)$, and prove that this number is same as that of $G{L}_n(q)$ when $q>n$.

Review text

Let \(G\) be a group. Two elements \(x\) and \(y\in G\) are said to be \(z\)-equivalent, denoted as \(x\sim _{z}y\), if their centralizers in \(G\) are conjugate, i.e., \(Z_{G}(y)=gZ_{G}(x)g^{-1}\) for some \(g\in G\), where \( Z_{G}(x)\) denotes the centralizer of \(x\) in \(G\). Clearly, \(\sim _{z}\)is an equivalence relation on G. The equivalence classes with respect to this relation are called \(z\)-classes. It is easy to see that if two elements of a group G are conjugate, then their centralizers are conjugate thus they are also z-equivalent. However, in general, the converse is not true. Now consider \(F\) a perfect field of characteristic \(\neq \)2, which has a non-trivial Galois automorphism of order 2. Further, suppose that the fixed field \(F_{0}\) has the property that it has only finitely many field extensions of any finite degree. In this paper, the authors prove that the number of \(z\)-classes in the unitary group over such fields is finite. Further, they count the number of \(z\)-classes in the finite unitary group \( U_{n}(q)\), and prove that this number is the same as that of GL\(_{n}(q)\) when \(q>n\).

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