Timeline for Presentation of GL(n,p)?
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Mar 8, 2011 at 9:15 | vote | accept | Martin David | ||
| Feb 10, 2011 at 10:59 | vote | accept | Martin David | ||
| Mar 8, 2011 at 9:15 | |||||
| Feb 9, 2011 at 1:00 | answer | added | Igor Rivin | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 8, 2011 at 15:18 | answer | added | Igor Rivin | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 8, 2011 at 15:09 | answer | added | Jim Humphreys | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 23:18 | answer | added | Steven Sam | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 22:39 | comment | added | Guntram | Possible duplicate: mathoverflow.net/questions/10123/presentation-for-gln-k | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 22:25 | comment | added | Johannes Hahn | @Andy: You're right. I was reading the question as "What is a presentation?". On second thought this is probably not what Martin meant to ask. | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 21:23 | answer | added | Richard Borcherds | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 21:17 | comment | added | Jim Humphreys | P.S. If a presentation is really wanted here in the context of finite groups of Lie type, probably the most natural one would be based on the BN-pair (or Tits system) and resulting Bruhat decomposition. Finite group theorists often recognize a new group as being of Lie type by finding such a BN-pair structure in it. | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 19:05 | answer | added | Bill Thurston | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 18:21 | comment | added | Jim Humphreys | I'd second Andy's comment but add that the "question" asked isn't yet a real question. I can't think offhand of any significant representation-theoretic problem that requires a "presentation" of the finite general linear group. So "requires many times" is serious overkill here. The question needs much more specific detail. What literature is relevant, for instance? | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 17:40 | comment | added | Andy Putman | @Johannes : I don't know what introductory books you have on group theory, but the ones on my shelf (including books by Rotman, Robinson, Marshall Hall, and Alperin) do not include presentations for $GL(n,p)$. It's an old and venerable topic, but I think that's its a fine question for MO. However, it's worth mentioning that I don't think such presentations have ever proven useful in representation theory... | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 11:18 | comment | added | Johannes Hahn | Have a look at any introductory group theory book. This is not the right place to ask such questions. MO ist for reasearch level questions! | |
| Jan 25, 2011 at 10:39 | history | asked | Martin David | CC BY-SA 2.5 |