Let G be a permutation group on a finite set Ω. A base for G is a subset B ⊆ Ω with pointwise stabilizer in G that is trivial; we write b(G) for the smallest size of a base for G. In this paper we prove that b(G) ! 6 if G is an almost simple group of exceptional Lie type and Ω is a primitive faithful G-set. An important consequence of this result, when combined with other recent work, is that b...

The classical Tits construction provides models of the exceptional simple Lie algebras in terms of a unital composition algebra and a degree three simple Jordan algebra. A couple of actions of the symmetric group S4 on this construction are given. By means of these actions, the models provided by the Tits construction are related to models of the exceptional Lie algebras obtained from two diffe...

This is the second part of a paper about the classification of 2-compact groups. In the first part we set up a general classification procedure and applied it to the simple 2-compact groups of the A-family. In this second part we deal with the other simple Lie groups and with the exotic simple 2-compact group DI(4). We show that all simple 2-compact groups are uniquely N -determined and conclud...

Let Uε(g) be the simply connected quantized enveloping algebra associated to an exceptional simple Lie algebra g at the roots of unity. The De Concini-Kac-Procesi conjecture on the dimension of the irreducible representations of Uε(g) is proved for representations corresponding to the spherical conjugacy classes of the simply connected group with Lie algebra g.

A simple and efficient synthesis of cyclopentadienones via palladium-catalyzed cyclocarbonylation of alkynes under atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide has been developed. The transformation was carried out under mild and ligand-free conditions, a wide range of substrates and exceptional functional group tolerance.