A quasi Curtis-Tits-Phan theorem for the symplectic group.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2007.07.014MaRDI QIDQ934070zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rieuwert J. Blok, Corneliu G. Hoffman

Publication date 29 July 2008

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2680

zbMATH Keywords

amalgamssymplectic groupssimply connected geometriesTits lemma

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Groups with a (BN)-pair; buildings (20E42) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Buildings and the geometry of diagrams (51E24)

Abstract: We obtain the symplectic group $SP(V)$ as the universal completion of an amalgam of low rank subgroups akin to Levi components. We let $SP(V)$ act flag-transitively on the geometry of maximal rank subspaces of $V$. We show that this geometry and its rank $ge3$ residues are simply connected with few exceptions. The main exceptional residue is described in some detail. The amalgamation result is then obtained by applying Tits' lemma. This provides a new way of recognizing the symplectic groups from a small collection of small subgroups.

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