## Algebraic & Geometric Topology

### Cohomology of Kac–Moody groups over a finite field

#### Abstract

We compute the mod $p$ cohomology algebra of a family of infinite discrete Kac–Moody groups of rank two defined over finite fields of characteristic different from $p$.

#### Article information

Source
Algebr. Geom. Topol., Volume 13, Number 4 (2013), 2207-2238.

Dates
Revised: 12 March 2013
Accepted: 13 March 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 19 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513715636

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/agt.2013.13.2207

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3073914

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1301.55010

#### Citation

Aguadé, Jaume; Ruiz, Albert. Cohomology of Kac–Moody groups over a finite field. Algebr. Geom. Topol. 13 (2013), no. 4, 2207--2238. doi:10.2140/agt.2013.13.2207. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.agt/1513715636

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