On the top-dimensional cohomology groups of congruence subgroups of SL(n,Z)

Abstract: Let

G a m m a_{n} (p)

be the level-

p

principal congruence subgroup of

e x t {S L}_{n} (m a t h b b Z)

. Borel-Serre proved that the cohomology of

G a m m a_{n} (p)

vanishes above degree

. We study the cohomology in this top degree

. Let

m a t h c a l T_{n} (m a t h b b Q)

denote the Tits building of

e x t {S L}_{n} (m a t h b b Q)

. Lee-Szczarba conjectured that

is isomorphic to

w i d e t i l d e H_{n - 2} (m a t h c a l T_{n} (m a t h b b Q) / G a m m a_{n} (p))

and proved that this holds for

p = 3

. We partially prove and partially disprove this conjecture by showing that a natural map

is always surjective, but is only injective for

p l e q 5

. In particular, we completely calculate

and improve known lower bounds for the ranks of

for

p g e q 5

.

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