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We compute maximal orders of unipotent Abelian subgroups, estimate p-ranks, and describe the structure of Thompson subgroups of maximal unipotent subgroups of finite exceptional groups of Lie type.
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Vdovin, E.P. Large Abelian Unipotent Subgroups of Finite Chevalley Groups. Algebra and Logic 40, 292–305 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012549701336
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