The fixed points of an endomorphism #
Let F be an endomorphism of a group G. This file studies the subgroup
fixedSubgroup F = F.eqLocus (MonoidHom.id G)
of points of G fixed by F: when it is everything, how it grows along the powers of F, and how
it transports along an isomorphism of the ambient group.
An isomorphism ψ : G ≃* G' intertwines F with an endomorphism F' of G' when
ψ ∘ F = F' ∘ ψ. Such a ψ carries fixedSubgroup F onto fixedSubgroup F', so the pair
(G, F) determines its fixed subgroup up to isomorphism and not merely up to inclusion. The
one-sided statement for a homomorphism is TauCeti.map_fixedSubgroup_le; the two-sided statements
are TauCeti.map_fixedSubgroup_eq and TauCeti.fixedSubgroupCongr.
Main definitions and results #
TauCeti.fixedSubgroup: the subgroup of points fixed by an endomorphism.TauCeti.fixedSubgroup_eq_top_iff: only the identity fixes every point.TauCeti.fixedSubgroup_le_fixedSubgroup_pow: a point fixed by an endomorphism is fixed by each of its powers.TauCeti.fixedSubgroup_inf_fixedSubgroup_le_fixedSubgroup_comp: a point fixed by each of two endomorphisms is fixed by their composite.TauCeti.map_fixedSubgroup_le: a homomorphism intertwining two endomorphisms carries the points fixed by the one to the points fixed by the other.TauCeti.map_subtype_fixedSubgroup_of_coe_eq: the fixed points of an endomorphism of a subgroup, read in the ambient group.TauCeti.map_fixedSubgroup_eq: an isomorphism intertwining them carries the one onto the other.TauCeti.fixedSubgroupCongr: the resulting isomorphism of fixed subgroups.
References #
The fixed subgroup of a Steinberg endomorphism of a connected reductive group is a finite group of Lie type; see R. W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type.
The subgroup of points fixed by an endomorphism of a group, F.eqLocus (MonoidHom.id G).
Equations
- TauCeti.fixedSubgroup F = F.eqLocus (MonoidHom.id G)
Instances For
A point lies in the fixed subgroup of F exactly when F fixes it.
Only the identity fixes every point.
A point fixed by an endomorphism is fixed by each of its powers.
In particular, when some power of a Steinberg endomorphism is a Frobenius map (its square, for the Suzuki and Ree groups), the fixed group of the Steinberg endomorphism lies inside the fixed group of that Frobenius map.
A point fixed by each of two endomorphisms is fixed by their composite.
The converse fails in general: a Steinberg endomorphism is a composite of a Frobenius with a diagram automorphism, and its fixed points are not in general fixed by either factor.
This is the subgroup-packaged form of Function.inter_subset_fixedPoints_comp.
Fixed points of an endomorphism of a subgroup, read in the ambient group. If an
endomorphism F of S ≤ G is the restriction of an endomorphism f of G, then the image of
its fixed subgroup in G is S ⊓ fixedSubgroup f.