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Sliceable groups and towers of fields

  • Sigrid Böge EMAIL logo , Moshe Jarden and Alexander Lubotzky
Published/Copyright: April 9, 2016

Abstract

Let l be a prime number, K a finite extension of ℚl, and D a finite-dimensional central division algebra over K. We prove that the profinite group G=D×/K× is finitely sliceable, i.e. G has finitely many closed subgroups H1,...,Hn of infinite index such that G=i=1nHiG. Here, HiG={hghHi,gG}. On the other hand, we prove for l ≠ 2 that no open subgroup of GL2(ℤl) is finitely sliceable and we give an arithmetic interpretation to this result, based on the possibility of realizing GL2(ℤl) as a Galois group over ℚ. Nevertheless, we prove that G = GL2(ℤl) has an infinite slicing, that is G=i=1HiG, where each Hi is a closed subgroup of G of infinite index and HiHj has infinite index in both Hi and Hj if ij.

Funding source: Minerva Foundation

Award Identifier / Grant number: Minkowski Center for Geometry at Tel Aviv University

Funding statement: The second author has been supported by the Minkowski Center for Geometry at Tel Aviv University, established by the Minerva Foundation, and by an ISF grant. The third author acknowledges “Dr. Max Rössler, the Walter Haefner Foundation”, the ETH Foundation, and the ETH Institute for Theoretical Studies for support and hospitality. In addition, the author acknowledges support by ISF and NSF.

We would like to thank Wulf-Dieter Geyer, Michael Larsen, Andrei Rapinchuk, Aharon Razon, and David Zywina for helpful communications and advice.

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Received: 2015-6-27
Published Online: 2016-4-9
Published in Print: 2016-5-1

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