Classifying GL(n,Z)-orbits of points and rational subspaces

Abstract: We first show that the subgroup of the abelian real group

m a t h b b R

generated by the coordinates of a point in

x = (x_{1}, d o t s, x_{n}) i n m a t h b b R^{n}

completely classifies the

m a t h s f G L (n, m a t h b b Z)

-orbit of

x

. This yields a short proof of J.S.Dani's theorem: the

m a t h s f G L (n, m a t h b b Z)

-orbit of

x i n m a t h b b R^{n}

is dense iff

x_{i} / x_{j} i n m a t h b b R s e t m i n u s m a t h b b Q

for some

i, j = 1, d o t s, n

. We then classify

m a t h s f G L (n, m a t h b b Z)

-orbits of rational affine subspaces

F

of

m a t h b b R^{n}

. We prove that the dimension of

F

together with the volume of a special parallelotope associated to

F

yields a complete classifier of the

m a t h s f G L (n, m a t h b b Z)

-orbit of

F

.

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