Computing in arithmetic groups with Voronoï's algorithm.

From MaRDI portal



Abstract: We describe an algorithm, meant to be very general, to compute a presentation of the group of units of an order in a (semi)simple algebra over Q. Our method is based on a generalisation of Vorono"i's algorithm for computing perfect forms, combined with Bass-Serre theory. It differs essentially from previously known methods to deal with such questions, e.g. for units in quaternion algebras. We illustrate this new algorithm by a series of examples where the computations are carried out completely.


A new version of Voronoi's algorithm is applied to calculate presentations of the unit group for orders in a simple \(\mathbb Q\)-algebra. The algorithm appears to be faster than previous ones, including those which use an action on a hyperbolic space. As a striking case, a presentation of the normalized unit group of a maximal order in \(\bigl(\frac{19,37}{\mathbb Q}\bigr)\) by 56 generators and a single relation is obtained in just 5 minutes.





Describes a project that uses

Uses Software






This page was built for publication: Computing in arithmetic groups with Voronoï's algorithm.

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2344291)