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On conjugacy classes in certain isogenous groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

T.A. Ketter
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
G.I. Lehrer
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.
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Abstract

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We give some results on the number of G-orbits (G = GL(n, q)) on groups isogenous (in the algebraic-geometric sense) to SL(n, q). The conjectured isogeny invariance of this number is contradicted by computer calculations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1976

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