Finite special moufang sets of even characteristic

Tom De Medts; Yoav Segev

doi:10.1142/S0219199708002855

Finite special moufang sets of even characteristic

Tom De Medts, Yoav Segev

Department of Mathematics

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Abstract

We give a short and elementary proof of the fact that a finite special Moufang set with root groups of even order is isomorphic to the unique Moufang set whose little projective group is PSL₂(2^k) for some integer k < 1.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	449-454
Number of pages	6
Journal	Communications in Contemporary Mathematics
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219199708002855
State	Published - 1 Jun 2008

Keywords

Moufang set
Root group

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Applied Mathematics

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