On the maximum order of torsion elements in GL(n,Z) and Aut(F_n)

DOI10.1006/JABR.1998.7481MaRDI QIDQ1273399zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gilbert Levitt, Jean-Louis Nicolas

Publication date 16 February 2000

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1998.7481

zbMATH Keywords

automorphism group of a free groupgeneral linear groupmaximal ordertorsion elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical groups (11E57) Asymptotic results on counting functions for algebraic and topological structures (11N45) Infinite automorphism groups (20B27) Automorphism groups of groups (20F28)

Review text

Let \(g(n)\) denote the maximal order of an element of the symmetric group on \(n\) letters. \textit{E. Landau} [Arch. Math. Phys. (3) 5, 92-103 (1903; JFM 34.0233.02)] proved that \(\log g(n)\sim(n\log n)^{1/2}\) as \(n\to\infty\). For improved estimates see \textit{J.-P. Massias}, \textit{J.-L. Nicolas} and \textit{G. Robin} [Acta Arith. 50, 221-242 (1988; Zbl 0588.10049)]. As to the number \(\nu(g(n))\) of distinct prime divisors of \(g(n)\) and the largest prime divisor \(P(g(n))\) of \(g(n)\), \textit{J.-L. Nicolas} [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 97, 129-191 (1969; Zbl 0184.07202); Acta Arith. 14, 315-332 (1968; Zbl 0179.34804)] showed that \(\nu(g(n))\sim 2(n/\log n)^{1/2}\) and \(P(g(n))\sim(n\log n)^{1/2}\) as \(n\to\infty\). In the paper under review the authors study the maximal order \(G(n)\) and \(H(n)\) of torsion elements in \(\text{GL}(n,\mathbb{Z})\) and the automorphism group \(\Aut(F_n)\) of a free group of rank \(n\), respectively. They prove that \[ \log G(n)\sim(n\log n)^{1/2},\quad\nu\bigl(G(n)\bigr)\sim 2(n/\log n)^{1/2},\quad P\bigl(G(n)\bigr)\sim(n\log n)^{1/2} \] and, for a fixed prime \(p\), the logarithm of the maximal power of \(p\) dividing \(G(n)\) is \(\sim 2^{-1}\log n\), as \(n\to\infty\). Further, \(H(n)=G(n)\) if and only if \(n\neq 2\), 6, 12.

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