Moufang Octagons and the Ree Groups of Type 2 F 4

DOI10.2307/2374268zbMATH Open0521.20016OpenAlexW2030492940MaRDI QIDQ3671367FDOQ3671367

Authors: Jacques Tits 

Publication date: 1983

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2374268

zbMATH Keywords

Ree groupsWeyl grouproot systemBN-pairsMoufang octagonstwisted group of type F4

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) Simple groups (20E32)

Cited In (32)

• A 51-dimensional embedding of the Ree-Tits generalized octagon
• One-point extensions of generalized hexagons and octagons
• Subgroups of Lie type groups containing a unipotent radical.
• A short proof that root groups are nilpotent.
• Locally 3-arc-transitive regular covers of complete bipartite graphs
• Tits endomorphisms and buildings of type F_4
• Building buildings
• Finite distance-transitive generalized polygons
• Moufang sets of mixed type \(\mathsf F_4\).
• Finite Moufang generalized quadrangles
• Simple groups of finite Morley rank and Tits buildings
• Property \((T)\) for groups graded by root systems
• Groups of Lie type generated by long root elements in \(F_4(K)\).
• A geometric characterization of certain groups of Lie type
• The norm of a Ree group.
• Connectedness of opposite-flag geometries in Moufang polygons
• New bounds for partial spreads of \(\mathsf{H}(2d-1,q^2)\) and partial ovoids of the Ree-Tits octagon
• A simple construction of the Ree groups of type \(^2F_4\).
• Groups graded by root systems and property (T)
• Automorphisms and opposition in spherical buildings of exceptional type, I
• Moufang trees and generalized octagons
• The uniqueness of a certain generalized octagon of order \((2, 4)\)
• An essay on the Ree octagons
• On finite Moufang polygons
• Torsion of groups with root data
• Systèmes de racines sur un anneau commutatif totalement ordonné. (Root systems over a totally ordered commutative ring)
• Moufang sets from groups of mixed type
• The non-existence of certain regular generalized polygons
• Dagger-sharp Tits octagons
• Moufang trees and generalized hexagons
• On a 25-dimensional embedding of the Ree–Tits generalized octagon
• Subgroups of simple groups are as diverse as possible

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