Orthogonal groups in characteristic 2 acting on polytopes of high rank

DOI10.1007/S00454-019-00083-0zbMATH Open1436.52013arXiv1709.02219OpenAlexW2963391482WikidataQ128160288 ScholiaQ128160288MaRDI QIDQ1985299FDOQ1985299

Dimitri Leemans, Peter A. Brooksbank, J. T. Ferrara

Publication date: 7 April 2020

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that for all integers $mgeq2$, and all integers $kgeq2$, the orthogonal groups $Ort{h}^{pm}(2m,Fk)$ act on abstract regular polytopes of rank $2m$, and the symplectic groups $Sp(2m,Fk)$ act on abstract regular polytopes of rank $2m+1$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.02219

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic formorthogonal groupabstract regular polytopesymplectic groupstring C-group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20)

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• String C-group representations of almost simple groups: A survey
• String C-group representations of alternating groups
• Rank reduction of string C-group representations
• On the ranks of string C-group representations for symplectic and orthogonal groups

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