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The strong approximation theorem and computing with linear groups

Group Theory 2019-05-08 v1 Symbolic Computation

Abstract

We obtain a computational realization of the strong approximation theorem. That is, we develop algorithms to compute all congruence quotients modulo rational primes of a finitely generated Zariski dense group HSL(n,Z)H \leq \mathrm{SL}(n, \mathbb{Z}) for n2n \geq 2. More generally, we are able to compute all congruence quotients of a finitely generated Zariski dense subgroup of SL(n,Q)\mathrm{SL}(n, \mathbb{Q}) for n>2n > 2.

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@article{arxiv.1905.02683,
  title  = {The strong approximation theorem and computing with linear groups},
  author = {Alla Detinko and Dane Flannery and Alexander Hulpke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.02683},
  year   = {2019}
}