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in variables over a skew-field

The group of transformations of the -dimensional projective space induced by the linear transformations of . There is a natural epimorphism

with as kernel the group of homotheties (cf. Homothety) of , which is isomorphic to the multiplicative group of the centre of . The elements of , called projective transformations, are the collineations (cf. Collineation) of . Along with , which is also called the full projective group, one also considers the unimodular projective group , and, in general, groups of the form , where is a linear group.

For the group is simple, except for the two cases and or 3. If is the finite field of elements, then

References

[1] J.A. Dieudonné, "La géométrie des groupes classiques" , Springer (1955) MR0072144 Zbl 0067.26104


Comments

The groups for are the images of under . For a brief resumé on the orders of the other finite classical groups, like , and their simplicity cf. e.g. [a1].

References

[a1] R.W. Carter, "Simple groups of Lie type" , Wiley (Interscience) (1972) pp. Chapt. 1
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