Approximate groups. III: The unitary case.

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Authors Emmanuel Breuillard, Ben Green

Publication date 30 August 2012

Published in Turkish Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.5160

zbMATH Keywords

approximate groupsapproximate subgroups of unitary groupsGromov theoremJordan theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic combinatorics; higher degree uniformity (11B30) Other matrix groups over fields (20H20)

Abstract: By adapting the classical proof of Jordan's theorem on finite subgroups of linear groups, we show that every approximate subgroup of the unitary group U_n(C) is almost abelian.

Review text

By adapting the classical proof of Jordan's theorem on finite subgroups of linear groups, the authors show that every approximate subgroup of the unitary group \(U_n(\mathbb C)\) is almost Abelian.NEWLINENEWLINE For part II of this series cf. Q. J. Math. 62, No. 3, 513-521 (2011; Zbl 1275.11022).

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• The rational approximations of the unitary groups
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• Finitely generated groups of unitary operators
• Properness of nilprogressions and the persistence of polynomial growth of given degree
• Growth in groups: ideas and perspectives
• On a conjecture of Gowers and Long
• An exposition of Jordan's original proof of his theorem on finite subgroups of \(\mathrm{GL}_n (\mathbb{C})\)
• Automorphisms of surfaces over fields of positive characteristic
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