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For a group G and X a subset of G, the commuting graph of G on X, denoted by C(G,X), is the graph whose vertex set is X with x, y joined by an edge if x not equal to y and x and y commute. If the elements in X are involutions, then C(G,X) is called a commuting involution graph. This thesis studies C(G,X) when G is either a 4-dimensional projective symplectic group; a 3-dimensional unitary group; 4-dimensional unitary group over a field of characteristic 2; a 2-dimensional projective general linear group; or a 4-dimensional affne orthogonal group, and X a G-conjugacy class of involutions. We determine the diameters and structure of thediscs of these graphs.

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One might easily argue that the Classification of Finite Simple Groups is one of the most important theorems of group theory. Given that any finite group can be deconstructed into its simple composition factors, it is of great importance to have a detailed knowledge of the structure of finite simple groups. One of the classes of finite groups that appear in the classification theorem are the simple classical groups, which are matrix groups preserving some form. This thesis will shed some new light on almost simple classical groups in dimension 13, 14 and 15. In particular we will determine their maximal subgroups. We will build on the results by Bray, Holt, and Roney-Dougal who calculated the maximal subgroups of all almost simple finite classical groups in dimension less than 12. Furthermore, Aschbacher proved that the maximal subgroups of almost simple classical groups lie in nine classes. The maximal subgroups in the first eight classes, i.e. the subgroups of geometric type, were determined by Kleidman and Liebeck for dimension greater than 13. Therefore this thesis concentrates on the ninth class of Aschbacher's Theorem. This class roughly consists of subgroups which are almost simple modulo scalars and do not preserve a geometric structure. As our final result we will give tables containing all maximal subgroups of almost simple classical groups in dimension 13, 14 and 15.

Let G be a perfect classical group defined over a finite field F and generated by a set of standard generators X. Let E be the image of an absolutely irreducible representation of G by matrices over a field of the natural characteristic. Given the image of X in E, we present algorithms that write an arbitrary element of E as a straight-line programme in this image of X in E. The algorithms run in polynomial time.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-01-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:06:57Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 souza_ba_me_sjrp.pdf: 780089 bytes, checksum: 497c7f887fe3a317fcd7ce438ebf546b (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal o cálculo dos grupos de Cohomologia de alguns Grupos Clássicos como o Grupo das Rotações do Espaço Euclidiano Rn (SO(n)), o Grupo Unitário (U(n)), o Grupo Especial Unitário (SU(n)) e o Grupo Simplético (Sp(n)). Além disso calcularemos também o grupo de Cohomologia do Espaço Projetivo Complexo (CP(n)). Para esses cálculos usaremos sequências espectrais e o Teorema de Serre para Cohomologia. / The main purpose of this work is to calculate the cohomology groups of some classical groups as the rotation groups of the euclidean space Rn, SO(n), the unitary group U(n), your special unitary subgroup SU(n) and the symplectic group Sp(n). Moreover we also calculate the cohomology groups of complex projective space CP(n). For these calculus we will use spectral sequences and the Serre's Theorem for Cohomology.

Orientador: João Peres Vieira / Banca: Gorete Carreira Andrade / Banca: Dirceu Penteado / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal o cálculo dos grupos de Cohomologia de alguns Grupos Clássicos como o Grupo das Rotações do Espaço Euclidiano Rn (SO(n)), o Grupo Unitário (U(n)), o Grupo Especial Unitário (SU(n)) e o Grupo Simplético (Sp(n)). Além disso calcularemos também o grupo de Cohomologia do Espaço Projetivo Complexo (CP(n)). Para esses cálculos usaremos sequências espectrais e o Teorema de Serre para Cohomologia. / Abstract: The main purpose of this work is to calculate the cohomology groups of some classical groups as the rotation groups of the euclidean space Rn, SO(n), the unitary group U(n), your special unitary subgroup SU(n) and the symplectic group Sp(n). Moreover we also calculate the cohomology groups of complex projective space CP(n). For these calculus we will use spectral sequences and the Serre's Theorem for Cohomology. / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-04-18Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:08:05Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 galao_ph_me_sjrp.pdf: 533527 bytes, checksum: e6eea706db9ff1f10f8ba9df3a1fdea7 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal o cálculo do grupo de homotopia de alguns grupos clássicos, como o grupo das rotações do espaço Euclidiano Rn, SO(n), o grupo unitário U(n), seu subgrupo especial unitário SU(n) e o grupo simpléetico Sp(n). Para esses cálculos usaremos seqüências exatas e propriedades relacionadas à fibrados. / The main purpose of this work is to calculate homotopy groups of some classical groups as the rotation groups of the euclidean space Rn, SO(n), the unitary group U(n), your special unitary subgroup SU(n) and the symplectic group Sp(n). For these calculus we will use exact sequences and properties relacionated to the fibre bundle. Keywords: Exact Sequences, Fibre Bundle, Classical Groups, Homotopy Groups.

Orientador: João Peres Vieira / Banca: Ermínia de Lourdes Campello Fanti / Banca: Denise de Mattos / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal o cálculo do grupo de homotopia de alguns grupos clássicos, como o grupo das rotações do espaço Euclidiano Rn, SO(n), o grupo unitário U(n), seu subgrupo especial unitário SU(n) e o grupo simpléetico Sp(n). Para esses cálculos usaremos seqüências exatas e propriedades relacionadas à fibrados. / Abstract:The main purpose of this work is to calculate homotopy groups of some classical groups as the rotation groups of the euclidean space Rn, SO(n), the unitary group U(n), your special unitary subgroup SU(n) and the symplectic group Sp(n). For these calculus we will use exact sequences and properties relacionated to the fibre bundle. Keywords: Exact Sequences, Fibre Bundle, Classical Groups, Homotopy Groups. / Mestre