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Computing $H$-equations with 2-by-2 integral matrices

Group Theory 2025-06-06 v1

Abstract

We study the transference through finite index extensions of the notion of equational coherence, as well as its effective counterpart. We deduce an explicit algorithm for solving the following algorithmic problem about size two integral invertible matrices: ''given h1,,hr;gPSL2(Z)h_1,\ldots, h_r; g\in \operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}), decide whether gg is algebraic over the subgroup H=h1,,hrPSL2(Z)H=\langle h_1,\ldots ,h_r\rangle \leqslant \operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{Z}) (i.e., whether there exist a non-trivial HH-equation w(x)Hxw(x)\in H*\langle x\rangle such that w(g)=1w(g)=1) and, in the affirmative case, compute finitely many such HH-equations w1(x),,ws(x)Hxw_1(x),\ldots ,w_s(x)\in H*\langle x\rangle further satisfying that any w(x)Hxw(x)\in H*\langle x\rangle with w(g)=1w(g)=1 is a product of conjugates of w1(x),,ws(x)w_1(x),\ldots ,w_s(x)''. The same problem for square matrices of size 4 and bigger is unsolvable.

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@article{arxiv.2506.05272,
  title  = {Computing $H$-equations with 2-by-2 integral matrices},
  author = {Gemma Bastardas and Enric Ventura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.05272},
  year   = {2025}
}
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