Reduction theorems for groups of matrices

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2003.11.020MaRDI QIDQ1826840zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Bernik, Mitja Mastnak, Robert Guralnick

Publication date 6 August 2004

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2003.11.020

zbMATH Keywords

abeliancompact Lie groupfinite subgroupslinear algebraic groupnilpotentreduction theoremssolvable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21) Algebraic systems of matrices (15A30) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) General properties and structure of other Lie groups (22E20)

Review text

Let \(G\) be either a compact Lie group or a linear algebraic group over an algebraically closed field \(k\). The authors prove results of the following kind: \(G\) has a given property if and only if every finite subgroup has that property. Theorem 4 asserts that this is true for the properties of being solvable, nilpotent or abelian provided that in the latter two cases; the unipotent radical, \(G^0\), of \(G\) is trivial when \(\text{char}(k) = 0\). Simple examples show that the last proviso is necessary and that the theorem does not extend to non-compact Lie groups. The essential step in proving Theorem 4 for a linear algebraic group \(G\) is to show that, when \(G^0\) is a torus, \(G\) contains a locally finite, Zariski dense subgroup. Theorem 7 is a refinement of this result in the case where \(\text{char}(k)= p > 0\): here, the conclusion holds without restriction on \(G^0\).

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