Elements in finite classical groups whose powers have large 1-EigenspacesArticle
Authors: Alice Niemeyer 1,2; Cheryl Praeger 1,3
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Alice Niemeyer;Cheryl Praeger
1 School of Mathematics and Statistics [Crawley, Perth]
2 Lehrsthul D für Mathematik [Aachen]
3 King Abdulazziz University
We estimate the proportion of several classes of elements in finite classical groups which are readily recognised algorithmically, and for which some power has a large fixed point subspace and acts irreducibly on a complement of it. The estimates are used in complexity analyses of new recognition algorithms for finite classical groups in arbitrary characteristic.