Involutary expressions for elements in GL_ n(Z) and SL_ n(Z)

DOI10.1016/0024-3795(93)00206-FMaRDI QIDQ1890757zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Hiroyuki Ishibashi

Publication date 23 May 1995

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3795(93)00206-F

zbMATH Keywords

factorizationsgeneral linear groupsinteger matricesinvolutionsproducts of involutionsspecial linear groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorization of matrices (15A23) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Other matrix groups over rings (20H25)

Review text

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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