The extended covering number of SL_n is n+1.

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2006.03.011MaRDI QIDQ855554zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Frieder Knüppel, Klaus Nielsen

Publication date 7 December 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2006.03.011

zbMATH Keywords

conjugacy classesspecial linear groupsextended covering numberslength theorems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorization of matrices (15A23) Conjugacy classes for groups (20E45) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Classical groups (algebro-geometric aspects) (14L35) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15)

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