Commutators in \mathrm{SL}_2 and Markoff surfaces I

DOI10.53733/198MaRDI QIDQ6380926arXivFDO

Authors Amit Ghosh, Chen Meiri, Peter Sarnak

Publication date 21 October 2021

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Commutator calculus (20F12) Linear algebraic groups over adèles and other rings and schemes (20G35) Other matrix groups over rings (20H25)

Abstract: We show that the commutator equation over $mathrm{SL}_2(mathbbZ)$ satisfies a profinite local to global principle, while it can fail with infinitely many exceptions for $mathrm{SL}_2(mathbbZ[frac1p])$. The source of the failure is a reciprocity obstruction to the Hasse Principle for cubic Markoff surfaces.

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