PSL(n,q)

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:actsOn projective space of dimension n-1 over F_q
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:SL(n,q)
gptkbp:category orthogonal group
classical group
gptkbp:centralTo trivial for most n,q
gptkbp:definedIn PSL(n,q) = SL(n,q)/Z(SL(n,q))
gptkbp:finiteSimpleGroupClassification appears as infinite family
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Projective_Special_Linear_Group
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:PGL(n,q)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label PSL(n,q)
gptkbp:isNonAbelian true for n > 2 or q > 3
gptkbp:isomorphicTo A_5 for PSL(2,4) and PSL(2,5)
gptkbp:isQuotientOf center of SL(n,q)
gptkbp:isSimple true, except for (n,q) = (2,2), (2,3)
gptkbp:notation gptkb:Projective_Special_Linear_Group
gptkb:PSL_n(q)
gptkbp:order q^{n(n-1)/2} \\prod_{i=2}^n (q^i-1)/d, where d = gcd(n,q-1)
gptkbp:parameter n (integer > 1)
q (prime power)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Weyl_group
Lie type group
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:Galois_theory
finite group theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Weyl_group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5