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Verbal width in arithmetic Chevalley groups

arXiv:2401.02934 · doi:10.1016/j.jalgebra.2024.12.002

Abstract

We prove that the width of any word in a simply connected Chevalley group of rank at least 2 over the ring that is a localisation of the ring of integers in a number field is bounded by a constant that depends only on the root system and on the degree of the number field.

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