Tuesday, 28 July 2015

lie algebras - Automorphism group of sl2 over a finite field

Let K be a finite field of characteristic 5 and L=sl2(K) be the set of 2×2 trace zero matrices over K. Let H0=(1001)K. Of course, H0 is an abelian Cartan subalgebra of L. Let G be the Chevalley group, that is, the group of automorphisms of L generated by all exp(adxα), α0 is a root.



According to Seligman(Theorem III.4.1, Modular Lie algebra 1967), for any abelian Cartan subalgebra H of L, there exists σG such that σ(H0)=H. In realization, let Eij be the matrix whose position (i,j) is 1 and zero elsewhere. Then G is the image of the group generated by the I+λEij, λK, under the mapping UσU, where σU:XU1XU and we also have GPSL(K).



Now, let K=Z7 and H=(0110)K. This is an abelian Cartan subalgebra of L. However, I can not find an invertible matrix U over K such that U1H0U=H. I think it is because 1 is non square in K.



Where is my mistake?

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