The conjugacy problem in $GL(n,Z)$
Group Theory
2019-05-14 v2
Abstract
We present a new algorithm that, given two matrices in , decides if they are conjugate in and, if so, determines a conjugating matrix. We also give an algorithm to construct a generating set for the centraliser in of a matrix in . We do this by reducing these problems respectively to the isomorphism and automorphism group problems for certain modules over rings of the form , where is the maximal order of an algebraic number field and , and then provide algorithms to solve the latter. The algorithms are practical and our implementations are publicly available in Magma.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1811.06190,
title = {The conjugacy problem in $GL(n,Z)$},
author = {Bettina Eick and Tommy Hofmann and E. A. O'Brien},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.06190},
year = {2019}
}