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N(H)/H and the Weyl group

Let $ H $ be a connected subgroup of $ G=\mathrm{SU}(n) $ such that $ N_G(H)/H $ is finite. Is $ N_G(H)/H $ always a subgroup of the symmetric group $ \mathrm{S}_n $? I just noticed this from the ...
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Are the integer points of a simple linear algebraic group 2-generated?

Set Up: Let $ K $ be a totally real number field. Let $ \mathcal{O}_K $ be the ring of integers of $ K $. Let $ G $ be a simple linear algebraic group. Suppose that $ G(\mathbb{R}) $ is a compact Lie ...
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Is every finite subgroup the integer points of a linear algebraic group?

Cross Posting this from MSE since it's been there for almost a month and it got a couple upvotes but no answers. MSE link Is every finite subgroup the integer points of a linear algebraic group? Let $ ...
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$ S_4 $ subgroups and $ \operatorname{SO}_3(\mathbb{R}) $

$\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}$I posted this on MSE 10 days ago and it got 3 upvotes but no answers or comments, so I'm cross-posting to MO. Background: The group of rotations $ \SO_3(\mathbb{R}) $ has ...
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Conjugacy classes in reductive group under adjoint action of parabolic subgroup

Given a reductive group $G$ over a finite field and a parabolic subgroup $P$ , I wonder what are the orbits in $G$ under the adjoint action of $P$. This should be standard, but I can only find results ...
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Normalizer of a split torus

Let $G$ be a connected reductive group split over a field $k$. Let $T$ be a maximal split torus of $G$. Consider $N_G(T)$, the normalizer of $T$ in $G$, we have $N_G(T)/T \cong W$, the Weyl group of $...
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Homomorphisms from binary polyhedral group to compact Lie groups

Are homomorphisms from binary polyhedral groups to (simple and simply connected) compact Lie groups classified? For cyclic groups, the result is well known (see e.g. Kac's "Infinite dimensional Lie ...
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Finite groups normalizing a torus

Let $G$ be a semi-simple linear algebraic group over the complex numbers, e.g. the special linear group. Can you find an example of a finite sub-group $H$ of $G$ which does not normalize any maximal ...
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Connection between two theorems on character values?

In a recent arXiv preprint here, Dipendra Prasad has revisited a 1976 theorem of Kostant (Theorem 2 in the paper On Macdonald's $\eta$-function formula, the Laplacian and generalized exponents, ...
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Finite subgroups of $PGL(3,K)$

It is well-known that finite subgroups of $PGL_2(\mathbb{C})$ are cyclic groups, dihedral groups, A4, S4 and A5 and each of these groups occurs exactly once (up to conjugacy). These facts are ...
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