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The maximal orders of finite subgroups in $GL_{n}(\mathbf{Q})$

Author(s): Shmuel Friedland
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 3519-3526.
MSC (1991): Primary 20C10, 20G30
MathSciNet review: 1443385
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Abstract: We give a relatively simple proof that the orthogonal group over the integers is the unique finite subgroup (up to a conjugation) in $GL_{n}(\mathbf{Z})$ of the maximal order for $n>>1$ .

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