On the torsion of the group O(n,1; Z) of integral Lorentzian (n+1)(n+1) matrices

DOI10.1016/S0022-4049(98)00149-2MaRDI QIDQ1295709zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John G. Ratcliffe, S. Tschantz

Publication date 16 August 1999

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-4049(98)00149-2

zbMATH Keywords

\(p\)-subgroupCoxeter groupLorentzian matrixmaximal orderorthogonal group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical groups (11E57) Matrices of integers (15B36) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Kleinian groups (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F40)

Review text

The authors investigate the torsion of the group \(O(n,1;\mathbb{Z})\) of integral Lorentzian \((n+1)\times (n+1)\) matrices. In fact, for the most part the authors consider the subgroup \(\Gamma^n< O(n,1;\mathbb{Z})\) containing the positive Lorentzian matrices with integer elements. The torsion of \(\Gamma^n\) determines the torsion of \(O(n,1;\mathbb{Z})\). First, the maximal order of a 2-subgroup of \(\Gamma^n\) is determined. Then the maximal order of a \(p\)-subgroup of \(\Gamma^n\) is determined for certain odd primes \(p\). In particular, if \(p\) is a regular prime and \(p\equiv 1\bmod 4\), then the maximal order of a \(p\)-subgroup of \(\Gamma^n\) is determined explicitly. The results for regular primes \(p\equiv 3\bmod 4\) are too complicated to be given here. For any odd prime number \(p\), the group \(O(n,1;\mathbb{Z})\) has an element of order \(p\) if and only if \(n\geq p\) or \(n+1= p\equiv 1\bmod 4\). For \(1\leq n\leq 42\) the maximal order of a \(p\)-subgroup of \(O(n,1;\mathbb{Z})\) is determined explicitly for each prime number \(p\).

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