Topological generation of special linear groups

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2020.10.020MaRDI QIDQ2216555zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Spencer Gerhardt

Publication date 16 December 2020

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.10065

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic groupsgeneric stabilizersrandom generation of groups of Lie typeZariski dense subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Linear algebraic groups over arbitrary fields (20G15) Probabilistic methods in group theory (20P05)

Abstract: Let $C_1,ldots,C_e$ be noncentral conjugacy classes of the algebraic group $G=S{L}_n(k)$ defined over a sufficiently large field $k$, and let $Omega:=C_{1}imesldotsimes{C}_e$. This paper determines necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a tuple $(x_1,ldots,x_e)inOmega$ such that $langle{x}_1,ldots,x_{e}angle$ is Zariski dense in $G$. As a consequence, a new result concerning generic stabilizers in linear representations of algebraic groups is proved, and existing results on random $(r,s)$-generation of finite groups of Lie type are strengthened.

Review text

The paper is closely related to the Deligne-Simpson problem: Give necessary and sufficient conditions on the choice of the \(p+1\) conjugacy classes \(C_j\subset \mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{C})\) so that one can choose an irreducible \((p+1)\)-tuple of matrices \(M_j\in C_j\) such that \(M_1\cdots M_{p+1}=\mathrm{id}\). The author considers noncentral conjugacy classes \(C_j\subset G:=\mathrm{SL}_n(k)\), \(j=1\), \(\ldots\), \(m\), where \(k\) is a sufficiently large field. Set \(\Omega :=C_1\times \cdots \times C_m\). The paper determines necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a tuple \((X_1,\ldots ,X_m)\in \Omega\) such that \(\langle X_1,\ldots ,X_m\rangle\) is Zariski dense in \(G\). As a consequence, a new result concerning generic stabilizers in linear representations of algebraic groups is proved, and existing results on random \((r,s)\)-generation of finite groups of Lie type are strengthened.

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