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A New Maximal Subgroup of E8 in Characteristic 3
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A New Maximal Subgroup of E8 in Characteristic 3

David A. Craven, David Stewart and Adam R. Thomas
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Vol.150(4), pp.1435-1448
04/01/2022
DOI: 10.1090/proc/15759

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Abstract

We prove the existence and uniqueness up to conjugacy of a new maximal subgroup of the algebraic group of type E-8 in characteristic 3. This has type F-4, and was missing from previous lists of maximal subgroups produced by Seitz and Liebeck-Seitz. We also prove a result about the finite group H = D-3(4)(2), namely that if H embeds in E-8 (in any characteristic p) and has two composition factors on the adjoint module then p = 3 and H lies in a conjugate of this new maximal F-4 subgroup.
Mathematics Physical Sciences Mathematics, Applied Science & Technology

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