A characterization of the symplectic and unitary 3-transposition groups

DOI10.1080/00927879708826059zbMath0885.20021MaRDI QIDQ4361008

Hans Cuypers

Publication date: 20 April 1998

Published in: Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00927879708826059

zbMATH Keywords

symplectic transvections; unitary transvections; centerfree 3-transposition groups; nondegenerated \(\text{GF}(4)\)-spaces; symplectic \(\text{GF}(2)\)-spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20G40: Linear algebraic groups over finite fields

20F05: Generators, relations, and presentations of groups

20F65: Geometric group theory

51E24: Buildings and the geometry of diagrams

51F25: Orthogonal and unitary groups in metric geometry

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