On the surjectivity of the power maps of algebraic groups in characteristic zero

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 741-756

  Chatterjee, Pralay ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Algebraic groups; Exponentiality; Power maps; Surjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036771074     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/mrl.2002.v9.n6.a4     Document Type: Article

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