Abstract
We study reductive subgroups H of a reductive linear algebraic group G - possibly nonconnected - such that H contains a regular unipotent element of G. We show that under suitable hypotheses, such subgroups are G-irreducible in the sense of Serre. This generalises results of Malle, Testerman and Zalesski. We obtain analogous results for Lie algebras and for finite groups of Lie type. Our proofs are short, conceptual and uniform.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e13 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Forum of Mathematics, Sigma |
Volume | 10 |
Early online date | 24 Feb 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Feb 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgments. We thank Donna Testerman for comments on an earlier version of the paper, and the referee for several suggestions which have improved the exposition.Keywords
- G-irreducibility
- G-complete reducibility
- overgroups of regular unipotent elements
- finite groups of Lie type