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On The Ranks Of String C-Group Representations For Symplectic And Orthogonal Groups, Peter A. Brooksbank Jan 2021

On The Ranks Of String C-Group Representations For Symplectic And Orthogonal Groups, Peter A. Brooksbank

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We determine the ranks of string C-group representations of the groups PSp(4,q)=Ω(5,q), and comment on those of higher-dimensional symplectic and orthogonal groups.


Orthogonal Groups In Characteristic 2 Acting On Polytopes Of High Rank, Peter A. Brooksbank, Dimitri Leemans, John T. Ferrara Jan 2020

Orthogonal Groups In Characteristic 2 Acting On Polytopes Of High Rank, Peter A. Brooksbank, Dimitri Leemans, John T. Ferrara

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On The Ranks Of String C-Group Representations For Symplectic And Orthogonal Groups, Peter A. Brooksbank Jan 2020

On The Ranks Of String C-Group Representations For Symplectic And Orthogonal Groups, Peter A. Brooksbank

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We determine the ranks of string C-group representations of 4-dimensional projective symplectic groups over a finite field, and comment on those of higher-dimensional symplectic and orthogonal groups.


Rank Reduction Of String C-Group Representations, Peter A. Brooksbank, Dimitri Leemans Dec 2019

Rank Reduction Of String C-Group Representations, Peter A. Brooksbank, Dimitri Leemans

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We show that a rank reduction technique for string C-group representations first used in [Adv. Math. 228 (2018), pp. 3207–3222] for the symmetric groups generalizes to arbitrary settings. The technique permits us, among other things, to prove that orthogonal groups defined on d-dimensional modules over fields of even order greater than 2 possess string C-group representations of all ranks. The broad applicability of the rank reduction technique provides fresh impetus to construct, for suitable families of groups, string C-groups of highest possible rank. It also suggests that the alternating group Alt(11)—the only known group having “rank gaps”—is perhaps more unusual …