The congruence subgroup property for $S$-arithmetic subgroups of simple algebraic groups when $S$ has positive Dirichlet density
Abstract
Let be an absolutely almost simple simply connected algebraic group defined over a number field , and let be the minimal Galois extension over which becomes an inner form of a split group. Assume that satisfies the Margulis-Platonov conjecture over . We prove that if is a set of valuations of that contains all archimedean ones but does not contain any nonarchimedean valuations for which is anisotropic over the completion such that its intersection with the set of nonarchimedean valuations of that split completely in has positive Dirichlet density, then the congruence kernel is trivial. This result provides additional evidence for Serre's Congruence Subgroup Conjecture. The proof does not involve any case-by-case considerations and relies on previous results concerning the congruence kernel and recent results on almost strong approximation.
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@article{arxiv.2603.27472,
title = {The congruence subgroup property for $S$-arithmetic subgroups of simple algebraic groups when $S$ has positive Dirichlet density},
author = {Andrei S. Rapinchuk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.27472},
year = {2026}
}