I am looking for a reference for the maximal order of an element in PSL(2, $q$), where $q$ is prime power.
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A standard reference for this type of results is
Bertram Huppert: Endliche Gruppen I, Band 134 der Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, 1967, Springer-Verlag.
However I don't have that book at hand, so I cannot check. Another source you might wish to check is
Jean Dieudonne: La Geometrie des Groupes Classiques, Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete 5(1963).
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$\begingroup$ I have edited my answer, giving you some hints where to look. However I don't have the books at hand, so I cannot check. $\endgroup$– Stefan Kohl ♦Commented Feb 16, 2013 at 11:24