Outer automorphisms of classical algebraic groups

DOI10.24033/ASENS.2352MaRDI QIDQ4642717zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Anne Quéguiner-Mathieu, Jean-Pierre Tignol

Publication date 25 May 2018

Published in Annales Scientifiques de l?tcole Normale Sup�rieure (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.05081

zbMATH Keywords

Hermitian forminvolutionlinear algebraic groupouter automorphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group schemes (14L15) Automorphisms of infinite groups (20E36) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

Abstract: The so-called Tits class, associated to an adjoint absolutely almost simple algebraic group, provides a cohomological obstruction for this group to admit an outer automorphism. If the group has inner type, this obstruction is the only one. In this paper, we prove this is not the case for classical groups of outer type, except for groups of type ${}^{2}mathsf{A}_n$ with $n$ even, or $n=5$. More precisely, we prove a descent theorem for exponent $2$ and degree $6$ algebras with unitary involution, which shows that their automorphism groups have outer automorphisms. In all other relevant classical types, namely ${}^{2}mathsf{A}_n$ with $n$ odd, $ngeq3$ and ${}^{2}mathsf{D}_n$, we provide explicit examples where the Tits class obstruction vanishes, and yet the group does not have outer automorphism. As a crucial tool, we use "generic" sums of algebras with involution.

Recommendations

• Outer automorphisms of algebraic groups and a Skolem-Noether theorem for Albert algebras
• Outer automorphisms of locally simple Lie algebras
• Outer automorphisms of adjoint groups of type \(\mathsf{D}\) and nonrational adjoint groups of outer type \(\mathsf{A}\)
• Algebraic groups of type \(D_4\), triality, and composition algebras.
• Triality and algebraic groups of type ^3 D₄

Cites work

• Graded Hermitian forms and Springer's theorem
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2132158 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1201676 (Why is no real title available?)
• Klassifikation hermitescher Formen über lokalen Körpern
• Linear algebraic groups.
• Outer automorphisms of algebraic groups and a Skolem-Noether theorem for Albert algebras
• Outer automorphisms of algebraic groups and determining groups by their maximal tori.
• Somme orthogonal d'algebres a involution et algebra de clifford
• Triality and algebraic groups of type ^3 D₄
• Value functions on simple algebras, and associated graded rings
• Witt Rings and Brauer Groups Under Multiquadratic Extensions, I

Cited in

(9)

• Orthogonal involutions on central simple algebras and function fields of Severi-Brauer varieties
• Outer automorphisms of endomorphism rings of Warfield groups
• Outer automorphisms of algebraic groups and determining groups by their maximal tori.
• Decomposability of orthogonal involutions in degree 12
• Galois automorphisms and classical groups
• Outer automorphisms of algebraic groups and a Skolem-Noether theorem for Albert algebras
• Almost-crystallographic groups with many outer automorphisms
• Outer automorphisms of adjoint groups of type \(\mathsf{D}\) and nonrational adjoint groups of outer type \(\mathsf{A}\)
• Triality over schemes

This page was built for publication: Outer automorphisms of classical algebraic groups

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q4642717)