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Finite order elements in the integral symplectic group

Group Theory 2017-02-07 v1

Abstract

For gNg\in \mathbb{N}, let G=\Sp(2g,Z)G=\Sp(2g,\mathbb{Z}) be the integral symplectic group and S(g)S(g) be the set of all positive integers which can occur as the order of an element in GG. In this paper, we show that S(g)S(g) is a bounded subset of R\mathbb{R} for all positive integers gg. We also study the growth of the functions f(g)=S(g)f(g)=|S(g)|, and h(g)=max{mNmS(g)}h(g)=max\{m\in \mathbb{N}\mid m\in S(g)\} and show that they have at least exponential growth.

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@article{arxiv.1702.01271,
  title  = {Finite order elements in the integral symplectic group},
  author = {Kumar Balasubramanian and M. Ram Murty and Karam Deo Shankhadhar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.01271},
  year   = {2017}
}
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