On splitting of the normalizer of a maximal torus in $E_6(q)$

Abstract

Let $G$ be a finite group of Lie type $E_6$ over $F_q$ (adjoint or simply connected) and $W$ be the Weyl group of $G$. We describe maximal tori $T$ such that $T$ has a complement in its algebraic normalizer $N(G,T)$. It is well known that for each maximal torus $T$ of $G$ there exists an element $w\in W$ such that $N(G,T)/T\simeq C_W(w)$. When $T$ does not have a complement isomorphic to $C_W(w)$, we show that $w$ has a lift in $N(G,T)$ of the same order.

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