On the bounded generation of arithmetic SL₂

DOI10.1073/PNAS.1907728116zbMATH Open1432.11029arXiv1810.12972OpenAlexW2972007679WikidataQ93105261 ScholiaQ93105261MaRDI QIDQ5218521FDOQ5218521

Authors: Bruce W. Jordan, Yevgeny Zaytman 

Publication date: 4 March 2020

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $K$ be a number field and $mathcalO$ be the ring of $S$-integers in $K$. Morgan, Rapinchuck, and Sury have proved that if the group of units ${mathcalO}^{imes}$ is infinite, then every matrix in ${mSL}_2(mathcalO)$ is a product of at most $9$ elementary matrices. We prove that under the additional hypothesis that $K$ has at least one real embedding or $S$ contains a finite place we can get a product of at most $8$ elementary matrices. If we assume a suitable Generalized Riemann Hypothesis, then every matrix in ${mSL}_2(mathcalO)$ is the product of at most $5$ elementary matrices if $K$ has at least one real embedding, the product of at most $6$ elementary matrices if $S$ contains a finite place, and the product of at most $7$ elementary matrices in general.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.12972

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrices, determinants in number theory (11C20) Algebraic numbers; rings of algebraic integers (11R04) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

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