On the generators of Sp_ n(Z)

DOI10.1016/0024-3795(95)00708-3MaRDI QIDQ677147zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Winfried Kohnen

Publication date 21 May 1997

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3795(95)00708-3

zbMATH Keywords

generatorsstandard matricessymplectic groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrices of integers (15B36) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10)

Review text

Let \(\mathbb{Z}\) denote the integers. \textit{E. Witt} [Abh. Math. Semin. Univ. Hamb. 14, 323-337 (1941; Zbl 0025.01701)] showed that the group \(\text{Sp}_n(\mathbb{Z})\) is generated by the matrices \(\bigl(\begin{smallmatrix} 1&S\\ 0 &1\end{smallmatrix}\bigr)\) (\(S\in M_n(\mathbb{Z})\), \(S=S^t\)), \(\bigl(\begin{smallmatrix} U^t&0\\ 0 &U^{-1}\end{smallmatrix}\bigr)\) (\(U\in\text{GL}_n(\mathbb{Z})\)), and \(\bigl(\begin{smallmatrix} 0_n &1_n\\ -1_n &0_n\end{smallmatrix}\bigr)\). The author gives a short proof for this theorem.

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