Conjugacy width in uniform higher rank arithmetic groups of orthogonal type

arXiv2304.13173MaRDI QIDQ6434341FDOQ6434341

Authors: Nir Avni, Chen Meiri 

Publication date: 25 April 2023

Abstract: Let $ngeq10$ and let $f_a$ be the quadratic form $f_a(x_1,ldots,x_{2n})=su{m}_{i=1}^{2n}{x}_i^2$. Assuming the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis, we prove that every conjugacy class of $mathrm{Spin}_{f_a}left(mathbbZleft[frac12ight]ight)$ has finite width and describe some consequences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that such a boundedness result is proved for an anisotropic higher rank arithmetic group. In addition, we show that every higher rank arithmetic group in which every conjugacy class has a finite width, with some natural upper bound on this width, has the Congruence Subgroup Property. While the group $mathrm{Spin}_{f_a}(mathbbZ[frac12])$ is known to have CSP, we hope that the approach to CSP via conjugacy width will be fruitful. In a forthcoming paper, we will extend this result to many other anisotropic spin groups.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Waring's problem and variants (11P05) Classical groups (11E57) Linear algebraic groups over global fields and their integers (20G30)

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