Generic elements of a Zariski-dense subgroup form an open subset

DOI10.1090/MOSC/274zbMATH Open1423.22015arXiv1707.02508OpenAlexW2963036582MaRDI QIDQ4584304FDOQ4584304

Gopal Prasad, Andrei Rapinchuk

Publication date: 30 August 2018

Published in: Transactions of the Moscow Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let G be a semi-simple algebraic group over a finitely generated field K of characteristic zero, and let Gamma < G(K) be a finitely generated Zariski-dense subgroup. In this note we prove that the set of K-generic elements of Gamma (whose existence was established earlier in [9]) is open in the profinite topology of Gamma. We then extend this result to the fields of positive characteristic, and also prove the existence of generic elements in this case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.02508

zbMATH Keywords

generic elementsZariski-dense subgroupsprofinite topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semisimple Lie groups and their representations (22E46) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) General properties and structure of other Lie groups (22E20)

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