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A theorem on generation of finite orthogonal groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

W. J. Wong
W. J. Wong
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University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A.
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Presentation in terms of generators and relations for the classical finite simple groups of Lie type have been given by Steinberg and Curtis [2,4]. These presentations are useful in proving characterzation theorems for these groups, as in the author's work on the projective symplectic groups [5]. However, in some cases, the application is not quite instantaneous, and an intermediate result is needed to provide a presentation more suitable for the situation in hand. In this paper we prove such a result, for the orthogonal simple groups over finite fields of odd characteristic. In a subsequent article we shall use this to give a characterization of these groups in terms of the structure of the centralizer of an involution.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 1973 , pp. 495 - 506
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1973

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