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Main Authors: Glasby, S. P., Niemeyer, Alice C., Praeger, Cheryl E., Zalesski, A. E.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.08270
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author Glasby, S. P.
Niemeyer, Alice C.
Praeger, Cheryl E.
Zalesski, A. E.
author_facet Glasby, S. P.
Niemeyer, Alice C.
Praeger, Cheryl E.
Zalesski, A. E.
contents This paper is concerned with absolutely irreducible quasisimple subgroups $G$ of a finite general linear group $GL_d(\mathbb{F}_q)$ for which some element $g\in G$ of prime order $r$, in its action on the natural module $V=(\mathbb{F}_q)^d$, is irreducible on a subspace of the form $V(1-g)$ of dimension $d/2$. We classify $G,d,r$, the characteristic $p$ of the field $\mathbb{F}_q$, and we identify those examples where the element $g$ has a fixed point subspace of dimension $d/2$. Our proof relies on representation theory, in particular, the multiplicities of eigenvalues of $g$, and builds on earlier results of DiMuro.
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spellingShingle Absolutely irreducible quasisimple linear groups containing elements of order a specified Zsigmondy prime
Glasby, S. P.
Niemeyer, Alice C.
Praeger, Cheryl E.
Zalesski, A. E.
Representation Theory
Group Theory
20C20, 20G05, 20H20
This paper is concerned with absolutely irreducible quasisimple subgroups $G$ of a finite general linear group $GL_d(\mathbb{F}_q)$ for which some element $g\in G$ of prime order $r$, in its action on the natural module $V=(\mathbb{F}_q)^d$, is irreducible on a subspace of the form $V(1-g)$ of dimension $d/2$. We classify $G,d,r$, the characteristic $p$ of the field $\mathbb{F}_q$, and we identify those examples where the element $g$ has a fixed point subspace of dimension $d/2$. Our proof relies on representation theory, in particular, the multiplicities of eigenvalues of $g$, and builds on earlier results of DiMuro.
title Absolutely irreducible quasisimple linear groups containing elements of order a specified Zsigmondy prime
topic Representation Theory
Group Theory
20C20, 20G05, 20H20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.08270