(1) Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, 100 St.George Street, M5S 3G3 Toronto, Ontario, Canada;(2) Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, 231 W 18th Avenue, 43210 Columbus, Ohio, USA
Abstract:
Let K be a field of even characteristic,
V a finite-dimensional vector
space over K, and SO(V)
the special orthogonal group. Then SO(V) is
trireflectional, provided dim V > 2 and
SO(V) O+
(4, 2).
Received: 4 February 2003