A classification of spherical conjugacy classes

Mauro Costantini

Vol. 285 (2016), No. 1, 63–91

DOI: 10.2140/pjm.2016.285.63

Abstract

Let $G$ be a simple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field $k$. We complete the classification of the spherical conjugacy classes of $G$ begun by Carnovale (Pacific J. Math. 245 (2010), 25–45) and the author (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 364 (2012), 1997–2019).

Keywords

spherical conjugacy classes, bad characteristic

Mathematical Subject Classification 2010

Primary: 20E45, 20F55, 20G15

Secondary: 14M15

Milestones

Received: 21 April 2015

Revised: 14 April 2016

Accepted: 14 April 2016

Published: 27 September 2016