Equations in simple matrix groups: algebra, geometry, arithmetic, dynamics.

DOI10.2478/s11533-013-0335-4zbMath1294.20056arXiv1302.4667OpenAlexW2070198968MaRDI QIDQ2440567

Shelly Garion, Tatiana Bandman, Boris Kunyavskiĭ

Publication date: 19 March 2014

Published in: Central European Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.4667

zbMATH Keywords

finite fieldsfinite simple groupsmatrix equationsperiodic pointsmatrix groupsarithmetic dynamicsspecial linear groupstrace mapsword mapsLang-Weil estimatesOre conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear algebraic groups over finite fields (20G40) Finite solvable groups, theory of formations, Schunck classes, Fitting classes, (pi)-length, ranks (20D10) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Rational points (14G05) Matrix equations and identities (15A24) Finite ground fields in algebraic geometry (14G15) Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Classical groups (11E57) Arithmetic and non-Archimedean dynamical systems involving polynomial and rational maps (37P05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to group theory (20-02) Arithmetic properties of periodic points (37P35) Algebraic geometry over groups; equations over groups (20F70) Arithmetic dynamics on general algebraic varieties (37P55) Dynamical systems over finite ground fields (37P25)

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Uses Software

• Magma
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