Large element orders and the characteristic of finite simple symplectic groups. (Q359335)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6197535
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Large element orders and the characteristic of finite simple symplectic groups.
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6197535

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    Large element orders and the characteristic of finite simple symplectic groups. (English)
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    12 August 2013
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    By definition the characteristic of a simple group of Lie type is the characteristic of the field over which it is defined. In the present paper the authors prove: if \(G=\mathrm{Sp}(2n,q)\), \(q=2^k\) and if \(L\) is any simple group of Lie type with the same two largest element orders as \(G\), then \(L\) has characteristic 2.
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    finite simple groups of Lie type
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    element orders
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    computation of characteristic
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    symplectic groups
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