Involutary expressions for elements in \(\text{GL}_ n(\mathbb{Z})\) and \(\text{SL}_ n(\mathbb{Z})\) (Q1890757)
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Involutary expressions for elements in \(\text{GL}_ n(\mathbb{Z})\) and \(\text{SL}_ n(\mathbb{Z})\) (English)
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23 May 1995
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Let \(\mathbb{Z}\) be the ring of integers. Consider all matrices with entries in \(\mathbb{Z}\). Let \(\text{GL}_ n (\mathbb{Z})\) and \(\text{SL}_ n (\mathbb{Z})\) be the sets of matrices with determinants \(\pm 1\) and 1, respectively. The author shows that every matrix in \(\text{GL}_ n (\mathbb{Z})\) is a product of \(3n+9\) or fewer involutions and that every matrix in \(\text{SL}_ n (\mathbb{Z})\) is a product of \(3n + 11\) or fewer involutions in \(\text{SL}_ n (\mathbb{Z})\). The proof uses imaginative matrix calculations and an application of Dirichlet's theorem.
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integer matrices
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involutions
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factorizations
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general linear groups
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special linear groups
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products of involutions
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