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Thin hyperbolic reflection groups

Group Theory 2024-01-18 v4 Geometric Topology Number Theory

Abstract

We study a family of Zariski dense finitely generated discrete subgroups of Isom(Hd)\mathrm{Isom}(\mathbb{H}^d), d2d \geqslant 2, defined by the following property: any group in this family contains at least one reflection in a hyperplane. As an application we obtain a general description of all thin hyperbolic reflection groups. In particular, we show that the Vinberg algorithm applied to a non-reflective Lorentzian lattice gives rise to an infinite sequence of thin reflection subgroups in Isom(Hd)\mathrm{Isom}(\mathbb{H}^d), for any d2d \geqslant 2. Moreover, every such group is a subgroup of a group produced by the Vinberg algorithm applied to a Lorentzian lattice independently on the latter being reflective. As a consequence, all thin hyperbolic reflection groups are enumerable.

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@article{arxiv.2112.14642,
  title  = {Thin hyperbolic reflection groups},
  author = {Nikolay Bogachev and Alexander Kolpakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.14642},
  year   = {2024}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure, revision and generalization