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Products of conjugacy classes in $\text{SL}_2(k)$ and $\text{PSL}_2(k)$

Group Theory 2023-12-12 v3

Abstract

Let kk be a field with uu-invariant 2\leq2. Assume further that kk is not quadratically closed, char(k)2\mathsf{char}(k)\neq 2 and k5|k|\geq 5. It is known that the covering number of both SL2(k)\text{SL}_2(k) and PSL2(k)\text{PSL}_2(k) is three, while their extended covering number is four. In this article, we completely describe the product of two conjugacy classes in SL2(k)\text{SL}_2(k) and PSL2(k)\text{PSL}_2(k). Further, we also describe the product of three conjugacy classes (at least two of which are distinct) in SL2(k)\text{SL}_2(k) and PSL2(k)\text{PSL}_2(k).

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@article{arxiv.2305.09886,
  title  = {Products of conjugacy classes in $\text{SL}_2(k)$ and $\text{PSL}_2(k)$},
  author = {Harish Kishnani and Rijubrata Kundu and Sumit Chandra Mishra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.09886},
  year   = {2023}
}