Bireflectionality of orthogonal and symplectic groups of characteristic 2

被引:3
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作者
Ellers, EW [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Math, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada
关键词
Vector Space; Quadratic Form; Dimensional Vector; Orthogonal Group; Symplectic Group;
D O I
10.1007/s000130050417
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
Let V be a finite dimensional vector space over a field K of characteristic 2. Let O(V) be the orthogonal group defined by a nondegenerate quadratic form. Then every element in O(V) is a product of two elements of order 2, unless all nonsingular subspaces of V are at most 2-dimensional. If V is a nonsingular symplectic space, then every element in the symplectic group Sp(V) is a product of two elements of order 2, except if dim V = 2 and \ K \ = 2.
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页码:414 / 418
页数:5
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