The Ree F4 Steinberg map and candidate group #
The represented quotient constructs the exceptional endomorphism of the characteristic-two short-root carrier. Its odd power is the Steinberg map for a validated Ree F4 index. The candidate is the derived subgroup of its fixed points modulo the centre of that derived subgroup.
The ambient group consists of algebraic-closure points of the explicit prime-field short-root carrier. A comparison with the pinned simply connected F4 group scheme requires an isomorphism preserving the root subgroups and exceptional endomorphism. No finiteness or simplicity is assumed or proved here. The conventions follow Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type, §14.
The exceptional endomorphism of the Ree F4 ambient carrier.
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The half-Frobenius is the characteristic-two carrier's special isogeny.
The half-Frobenius squares to the prime-field Frobenius.
The half-Frobenius has the index's own root permutation and long/short exponents.
The Steinberg endomorphism is the recorded odd power of the exceptional endomorphism.
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- d.steinberg = d.halfFrobenius ^ (↑d).fieldExponent
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The Steinberg map is the recorded power in the monoid of endomorphisms.
The square of the Steinberg endomorphism is the field-order Frobenius.
The odd iterate exchanges the numbered roots with the prescribed parameter power.
The fixed subgroup of the Ree F4 Steinberg endomorphism.
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The Ree F4 candidate: the derived subgroup of the Steinberg fixed points modulo its own centre. This definition carries no assertion of finiteness, perfectness, or simplicity.