English

Thin monodromy in $\mathrm{Sp}(4)$ and $\mathrm{Sp}(6)$

Group Theory 2024-11-25 v3

Abstract

We explore the thinness of hypergeometric groups of type Sp(4)\mathrm{Sp}(4) and Sp(6)\mathrm{Sp}(6) by applying a new approach of computer-assisted ping pong. We prove the thinness of 1717 hypergeometric groups with maximally unipotent monodromy in Sp(6)\mathrm{Sp}(6), completing the classification of all 4040 such groups into arithmetic and thin cases. In addition, we establish the thinness of further 4646 hypergeometric groups in Sp(6)\mathrm{Sp}(6), and of 33 hypergeometric groups in Sp(4)\mathrm{Sp}(4), completing the classification of all Sp(4)\mathrm{Sp}(4) hypergeometric groups. To the best of our knowledge, this article produces the first 6363 examples in the cyclotomic family of Zariski dense non-arithmetic hypergeometric monodromy groups of real rank three.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2112.12111,
  title  = {Thin monodromy in $\mathrm{Sp}(4)$ and $\mathrm{Sp}(6)$},
  author = {Jitendra Bajpai and Daniele Dona and Martin Nitsche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.12111},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

27 pages, 1 figure, 4 tables. v3: new results about Sp(4) have been incorporated. Arithmeticity results have been moved into arXiv:2209.07402

R2 v1 2026-06-24T08:28:26.648Z