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Involutions in Chevalley groups over fields of even order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Michael Aschbacher  and
Gary M. Seitz
Michael Aschbacher
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, University of Oregon
Gary M. Seitz
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, University of Oregon
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Let G = G(q) be a Chevalley group defined over a field Fq of characteristic 2. In this paper we determine the conjugacy classes of involutions in Aut(G) and the centralizers of these involutions. This study was begun in the context of a different problem.

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Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 63 , October 1976 , pp. 1 - 91
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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1976

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