Chevalley groups

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Chevalley_basis
gptkbp:definedIn arbitrary field
gptkbp:example gptkb:exceptional_groups_of_Lie_type
gptkb:special_linear_group_SL(n,q)
gptkb:special_orthogonal_group_SO(n,q)
gptkb:symplectic_group_Sp(2n,q)
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy gptkb:algebra
group theory
finite group theory
gptkbp:hasFiniteVersion gptkb:finite_Chevalley_group
gptkbp:hasInfiniteVersion gptkb:infinite_Chevalley_group
gptkbp:hasProperty important in classification of finite simple groups
arise from Dynkin diagrams
arise from Lie algebras
arise from Lie algebras of semisimple type
arise from root systems
can be defined over any field
can be defined over finite fields
can be defined over infinite fields
can be twisted or untwisted
constructed using Chevalley basis
include classical groups
include exceptional groups
many are simple groups
used in algebraic group theory
used in finite group theory
gptkbp:hasType gptkb:twisted_group_of_Lie_type
gptkb:untwisted_group_of_Lie_type
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chevalley groups
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Claude_Chevalley
gptkbp:introducedIn 1955
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Claude_Chevalley
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:groups_of_Lie_type
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Weyl_group
gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:Lie_group
gptkb:root
gptkb:Steinberg_group
gptkb:Tits_group
algebraic group over finite field
reductive group
semisimple group
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:Lie_group
simple group
gptkbp:usedIn classification of finite simple groups
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Weyl_group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5