The groupL(2 61) embeds in t h e Lie group of typeE8

DOI10.1080/00927879308824659zbMath0805.20015MaRDI QIDQ5286455

Robert L. jun. Griess, Arjeh M. Cohen, Bert Lisser

Publication date: 29 June 1993

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00927879308824659

zbMATH Keywords

presentation; finite fields; Lie algebra; Mathematica; Maple; Chevalley group; Coxeter number; linear fractional transformations; GAP; Borel subgroup; Chevalley basis; simple complex Lie group; LiE; finite simple group \(L(2,61)\); Lie group of type \(E_ 8\); unique conjugacy class of subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20G40: Linear algebraic groups over finite fields

20E07: Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth

20E32: Simple groups

22E40: Discrete subgroups of Lie groups

22E60: Lie algebras of Lie groups

22E10: General properties and structure of complex Lie groups

20D05: Finite simple groups and their classification

20D06: Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type

17B20: Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras

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Uses Software

• GAP
• Maple
• Mathematica
• LiE

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