Hurwitz Groups of Large Rank

DOI10.1112/S0024610799008467MaRDI QIDQ4487522zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors John S. Wilson, Andrea Lucchini, M. Chiara Tamburini

Publication date 22 June 2000

Published in Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1112/s0024610799008467

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic curvesautomorphismsfinite groupsHurwitz groupstriangle groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40)

Review text

Hurwitz groups are non-trivial quotients of triangle groups \(\triangle(2,3,7)=\langle x,y:x^2=y^3=(xy)^7=1\rangle\). \textit{A. Hurwitz} [Math. Ann. 41, 403-442 (1892; JFM 24.0380.02)] proved that automorphisms of an algebraic curve of genus \(g\) always have order \(84(g-1)\) and that a finite group of order \(84(g-1)\) can act faithfully on a curve of genus \(g\) if and only if it is an image of \(\triangle(2,3,7)\). Various families of groups have been thoroughly investigated as candidates for Hurwitz groups. For example, \textit{A. M. Macbeath} [Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 12, 14-32 (1969; Zbl 0192.35703)] has classified the Hurwitz groups of type \(\text{PSL}(2,q)\). \textit{J. Cohen} [Glasg. Math. J. 22, 1-7 (1981; Zbl 0452.20049)] proved that no group \(\text{PSL}(3,q)\) is a Hurwitz group except \(\text{PSL}(3,2)\) which is isomorphic to \(\text{PSL}(2,7)\), \textit{Q. Mushtaq} [Commun. Algebra 18, No. 11, 3857-3888 (1990; Zbl 0721.20033)] has parametrized actions of the triangle group \(\triangle(2,3,7)\) on the projective lines over finite fields \(F_q\) where \(q\) is a power of a prime. In the paper under review, the authors consider groups of large rank and prove that \(\text{SL}(n,q)\) is a Hurwitz group for all \(n\geq 287\) and all prime powers \(q\). Reviewer's comment: A number of important and relevant papers on Hurwitz groups are missing from the list of references.

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