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Harry Gindi
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Generating Classical Groups over Finite Local Rings

I am interested in classical groups (in particular $SL_n$, $Sp_{2n}$, $SO_n^{+}$) over finite rings of the form $$R_k=\mathbb{F}_q[t]/(t^k)$$ for some prime power $q$ (where $q$ is odd in the orthogonal case) and $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Over a finite field, the maximal subgroups of the classical groups are known, and so it is for example known that any two semisimple elements of orders $q^n+1$ and $q^n-1$ generate the group $Sp_{2n}(\mathbb{F}_q)$ (and similar results for the other classical groups). I am wondering whether it is true that any two semisimple elements of orders $q^{n(k-1)}(q^n+1)$ and $q^{n(k-1)}(q^n-1)$ generate $Sp_{2n}(R_k)$. Is anyting like this known? Are there lists of maximal subgroups for classical groups over finite rings? I would also be interested in similar results over $\mathbb{Z}_p/(p^k)$.

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