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

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2007.07.014zbMATH Open1148.20017arXiv0805.2680OpenAlexW2171288002MaRDI QIDQ934070FDOQ934070

Authors: Rieuwert J. Blok, Corneliu G. Hoffman 

Publication date: 29 July 2008

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

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.

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

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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)

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