Extremal Subgroups in Chevalley Groups

DOI10.1112/S0024610796004760MaRDI QIDQ4349862zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Chris Parker, Peter J. Rowley

Publication date 25 January 1998

Published in Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1112/s0024610796004760

zbMATH Keywords

Abelian normal subgroupsChevalley groupsextremal subgroupsfundamental rootspositive rootsroot subgroupsroot systemsunipotent subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

Review text

Let \(G(k)\) be a Chevalley group of rank \(n\geq 3\) defined over a field \(k\). Let \(\Phi\) be the root system associated with \(G(k)\), \(\Pi=\{\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\cdots,\alpha_n\}\) a set of fundamental roots of \(\Phi\), and \(\Phi^+\) the set of positive roots of \(\Phi\) with respect to \(\Pi\). Let \(U=\prod_{\gamma\in\Phi^+} X_\gamma\) be the unipotent subgroup of \(G(k)\) where \(X_\gamma\) is the root subgroup of \(G(k)\) associated with \(\gamma\) and \(U_m=\langle X_\gamma\mid\gamma\in\Phi^+,\text{ ht }\gamma\geq m\rangle\). For \(\alpha\in\Pi\), define \(U_\alpha=\prod_{\gamma\in\Phi^+\setminus\{\alpha\}} X_\gamma\). Let \(A\) be an extremal subgroup of \(U\), i.e., \(A\) is an abelian normal subgroup of \(U\) and \(A\nleq U_2\). The authors encountered extremal subgroups in the study of symplectic amalgams in an unpublished paper. In the present paper, the authors prove that, if \(G(k)\) is of type \({\mathbf A}_n\), \({\mathbf B}_n\), \({\mathbf C}_n\), or \({\mathbf F}_4\), then either \(A\nleq U_\alpha\) for a unique \(\alpha\in\Pi\); or \(n=3\), \(\text{char }k=2\), \(A\leq U_{\alpha_2}\), \(A\nleq U_{\alpha_1}\) and \(A\nleq U_{\alpha_3}\). If \(G(k)\) is of type \({\mathbf D}_n\) (\(n\geq 4\)), then either \(A\nleq U_\alpha\), for a unique \(\alpha\in\Pi\); or \(\text{char }k=2\), \(A\nleq U_{\alpha_n}\), \(A\nleq U_{\alpha_{n-1}}\), and \(A\leq U_{\alpha_j}\) for \(1\leq j\leq n-2\); or \(n=4\) and \(\text{char }k=2\). For types \({\mathbf E}_n\) (\(6\leq n\leq 8\)), \(A\nleq U_\alpha\) for a unique \(a\in\Pi\). Some other results are also obtained.

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