On units in orders in 2-by-2 matrices over quaternion algebras with rational center
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On units in orders in 2-by-2 matrices over quaternion algebras with rational center
zbMATH Open document ID: 1481.20186
DOI: 10.4171/GGD/541
author: A. Kiefer
published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics
publication date: 2020-05-13T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.08308
review text: Summary: We generalize an algorithm established in earlier work [\textit{E. Jespers} et al., Math. Comput. 84, No. 293, 1489--1520 (2015; Zbl 1326.16034)] to compute finitely many generators for a subgroup of finite index of an arithmetic group acting properly discontinuously on hyperbolic space of dimension 2 and 3, to hyperbolic space of higher dimensions using Clifford algebras. We hence get an algorithm which gives a finite set of generators of finite index subgroups of a discrete subgroup of Vahlen's group, i.e. a group of 2-by-2 matrices with entries in the Clifford algebra satisfying certain conditions. The motivation comes from units in integral group rings and this new algorithm allows to handle unit groups of orders in 2-by-2 matrices over rational quaternion algebras. The rings investigated are part of the so-called exceptional components of a rational group algebra.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20H10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22E40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16U60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20F05
zbMATH DE Number: 7200341
zbMATH Keywords: Vahlen's group
zbMATH Keywords: quaternionic matrices
zbMATH Keywords: units in integral groups rings
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
arXiv ID: 1609.08308
description: scientific article