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Jim Humphreys
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A question on a unipotent element in reductive algebraic groups

Let G be a connected reductive group over complex numbers whose derived subgroup is simply connected. Let u be a unipotent element of G. The centralizer of u in G is denoted by Z_(u). Let F_(u) be a maximal connected reductive subgroup of Z_(u). My question is whether the derived subgroup of F_(u) is simply connected.