On conjugacy of unipotent elements in finite groups of Lie type

dc.creatorGoodwin, Simon M.
dc.creatorRoehrle, Gerhard
dc.date2007-11-19
dc.date2008-07-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:49:29Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:49:29Z
dc.descriptionLet $\bfG$ be a connected reductive algebraic group defined over $\F_q$, where $q$ is a power of a prime $p$ that is good for $\bfG$. Let $F$ be the Frobenius morphism associated with the $\FF_q$-structure on $\bfG$ and set $G = \bfG^F$, the fixed point subgroup of $F$. Let $\bfP$ be an $F$-stable parabolic subgroup of $\bfG$ and let $\bfU$ be the unipotent radical of $\bfP$; set $P = \bfP^F$ and $U = \bfU^F$. Let $G_\uni$ be the set of unipotent elements in $G$. In this note we show that the number of conjugacy classes of $U$ in $G_\uni$ is given by a polynomial in $q$ with integer coefficients.
dc.description9 pages, Minor changes and corrections
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2959
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2959
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/164604
dc.subjectGroup Theory
dc.subjectRepresentation Theory
dc.subject20G40, 20E45 (Primary), 20D20 (Secondary)
dc.titleOn conjugacy of unipotent elements in finite groups of Lie type
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