PGL2

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:actsOn gptkb:geometry
gptkb:Riemann_sphere
projective line
gptkbp:defines PGL2 is the group of 2x2 invertible matrices over a field K, modulo scalar matrices.
gptkbp:exampleField gptkb:PGL(2,_R)
gptkb:PGL(2,_C)
PGL(2, F_q)
gptkbp:fieldParameter K
gptkbp:fullName Projective General Linear Group of degree 2
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:PSL2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label PGL2
gptkbp:importantFor gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:Galois_theory
modular forms
number theory
automorphic forms
gptkbp:isomorphicTo PSL2(K) when char(K) ≠ 2 and K has no nontrivial square roots of 1
gptkbp:isQuotientOf true
GL2
center of GL2
gptkbp:isSimple false
gptkbp:notation gptkb:PGL(2)
PGL(2, K)
gptkbp:order (q^3 - q)/(q-1) for finite field F_q
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:geometry
gptkb:Möbius_transformations
group theory
linear algebra
gptkbp:usedIn classification of finite simple groups
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:PSL2
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7