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The norm of a Ree group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2016

Tom De Medts  and
Richard M. Weiss
Tom De Medts
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S22, 9000 Gent, Belgium, tdemedts@cage.ugent.be
Richard M. Weiss
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA, rweiss@tufts.edu
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Abstract

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We give an explicit construction of the Ree groups of type G 2 as groups acting on mixed Moufang hexagons together with detailed proofs of the basic properties of these groups contained in the two fundamental papers of Tits on this subject (see [7] and [8]). We also give a short proof that the norm of a Ree group is anisotropic.

Keywords

20E4251E1251E24
Type
Research Article
Information
Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 199 , September 2010 , pp. 15 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 2010

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