Conjecture on projective special linear and unitary Miyamoto groups over prime fields

Let FF be a prime field, let α,β,γ,ψF\alpha,\beta,\gamma,\psi\in F be parameters, and let τa,τb,τc\tau_a,\tau_b,\tau_c be the corresponding Miyamoto involutions. Define

T=τa,τb,τc.T=\langle\tau_a,\tau_b,\tau_c\rangle.

Projective-group conjecture. There exist parameters α,β,γ,ψF\alpha,\beta,\gamma,\psi\in F such that TPSL(3,F)T\simeq PSL(3,F), and a different set of parameters such that TPSU(3,F)T\simeq PSU(3,F). The preceding computations provide examples over the prime fields of orders 77, 1111, and 1313 for both families, motivating the proposed existence statement for every prime field.

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Vsevolod A. Afanasev, “Searching for groups related to pseudo-composition algebras”, arXiv:2405.15900 (2024).

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