Generation of some orthogonal groups by a set of three involutions

DOI10.1007/BF01200084MaRDI QIDQ2644761zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Francesca Dalla Volta, M. Chiara Tamburini

Publication date 1991

Published in Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200084

zbMATH Keywords

minimal number of involutionsnonabelian simple grouporthogonal groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40)

Review text

Let G be a nonabelian simple group and i(G) be the minimal number of involutions that generate G: then i(G)\(\geq 3\). It is known that \(i(G)=3\) when G is one of the following groups: \(A_ n\), PSL(n,q), \(Sz(2^{2n+1})\), PSp(2n,q), \(\Omega^-(4\ell,2^ m)\), a sporadic simple group. In this paper we show that the orthogonal groups \(\Omega^+(2\ell,q)\) and \(\Omega (2\ell +1,q)\), \(\ell \geq 3\), are generated by three involutions.

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