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Involution centralizers in $\mathrm{PCSO}^{+}(8,3)$

According to Table 4.5.1 of [1], there should be 10 classes of involutions of type "p" and "e" in $\operatorname{Aut}(K)$ where $K=K_a=P\Omega^{+}(8,3)$. And Table 4.5.1 also gives ...
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Involutions in $\operatorname {PSO}(4,K)$

In the algebraic group $G=\operatorname {PSO}(4,K)$ where $K$ is an algebraically closed field of an odd characteristic, how many different classes of involutions are there and what are the ...
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An explicit matrix form in the symplectic group

In the algebraic group $G=\operatorname {PCSp}(2^{r},K)$ where $K$ is an algebraically closed field of an odd characteristic, there is a conjugacy class of involutions with representative: $$ e=\left[...
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An explicit matrix form

In the algebraic group $G=\operatorname {PCGO}(2m,K)$ where $K$ is an algebraically closed field of an odd characteristic, there is a conjugacy class of involutions with representative: $$ e=\left[ \...
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Almost simple groups and their involutions without CFSG

Suppose $A$ is a finite almost simple group (meaning, by definition, that there exists a finite simple group $P$ such that $P \leq A \leq \mathrm{Aut}(P)$). Suppose furthermore that $A$ acts $2$-...
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On 2-groups of exponent 4 and class 2

Suppose A is a 2-group with the following properties: $\lvert A \rvert = t^3$ with $t$ some even power of $2$; $A$ and $Z(A)$ (the center of $A$) are of exponent $4$; $\lvert Z(A) \rvert = t$ and $[A,...
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A question on conjugacy classes of central involutions in a finite group

An involution $a$ of a group $G$ is called central if there exists a sylow $2$-subgroup $H$ of $G$ such that $a \in C_G(H)$, or equivalently if the centralizer of $a$ contains a sylow $2$-subgroup. ...
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Involution centralizers in simple groups

I often see lower bounds on the size of centralizers of involutions in finite (nonabelian) simple groups, but is there a general upper bound for the size of an involution centralizer in such a ...