Fixed point groups of involutions of type $\mathrm{O}(\mathrm{q},k)$ over a field of characteristic two

Abstract

For $\mathrm{O}(\mathrm{q},k)$, the orthogonal group over a field $k$ of characteristic 2 with respect to a quadratic form $\mathrm{q}$, we discuss the isomorphism classes of fixed points of involutions. When the quadratic space is either totally singular or nonsingular, a full classification of the isomorphism classes is given. We also give some implications of these results for a general quadratic space over a field of characteristic $2$.