The group \(\text{Sp}_{10}(\mathbb Z)\) is \((2,3)\)-generated. (Q632288): Difference between revisions

A group is called \((2,3)\)-generated if it can be generated by an involution and an element of order 3. Joint efforts of several authors have led to the discovery that the groups \(\text{SL}(n,\mathbb Z)\) and \(\text{GL}(n,\mathbb Z)\) are \((2,3)\)-generated precisely when \(n\geq 5\). It turns out that the problem for the symplectic groups \(\text{Sp}(2n,\mathbb Z)\) is more delicate than for \(\text{SL}(n,\mathbb Z)\). The authors began a systematic study of the \((2,3)\)-generation problem for \(\text{Sp}(2n,\mathbb Z)\) in Commun. Algebra 38, No. 9, 3469-3483 (2010; Zbl 1208.20036), where the cases \(n\leq 4\) were considered. In the present paper they make the next step and give the affirmative answer for \(\text{Sp}(10,\mathbb Z)\).