Complete reducibility in bad characteristic

arXiv2304.08388MaRDI QIDQ6433385FDOQ6433385

Authors: Alastair J. Litterick, Adam R. Thomas 

Publication date: 17 April 2023

Abstract: Let $G$ be a simple algebraic group of exceptional type over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$. This paper continues a long-standing effort to classify the connected reductive subgroups of $G$. Having previously completed the classification when $p$ is sufficiently large, we focus here on the case that $p$ is bad for $G$. We classify the connected reductive subgroups of $G$ which are not $G$-completely reducible, whose simple components have rank at least $3$. For each such subgroup $X$, we determine the action of $X$ on the adjoint module $L(G)$ and on a minimal non-trivial $G$-module, and the connected centraliser of $X$ in $G$. As corollaries we obtain information on: subgroups which are maximal among connected reductive subgroups; products of commuting $G$-completely reducible subgroups; subgroups with trivial connected centraliser; and subgroups which act indecomposably on an adjoint or minimal module for $G$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exceptional groups (20G41) Structure theory for linear algebraic groups (20G07)

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