Isomorphisms of groups of Kac–Moody type over 𝔽2
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Sebastian Bischof
Abstract
Caprace and Mühlherr (2006) solved the isomorphism problem for Kac–Moody groups of non-spherical type over finite fields of cardinality at least 4.
In this paper, we solve the isomorphism problem for groups of Kac–Moody type (e.g. Kac–Moody groups) over
Funding source: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Award Identifier / Grant number: 57664192
Funding statement: This work was supported by a fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) via the grant 57664192.
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to Bernhard Mühlherr for drawing my attention to this problem. I thank him and François Thilmany for many helpful discussions on the topic. I also thank Timothée Marquis for valuable remarks on an earlier draft. I thank the referee for helpful comments.
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Communicated by: Adrian Ioana
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