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Free products in linear groups

Author(s): D. S. Passman
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 37-46.
MSC (2000): Primary 20E06, 20H20
Posted: May 9, 2003
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Abstract: Let $R$ be a commutative integral domain of characteristic $0$, and let $G$ be a finite subgroup of $\mathrm{PGL}_n(R)$, the projective general linear group of degree $n$ over $R$. In this note, we show that if $n\geq 2$, then $\mathrm{PGL}_n(R)$ also contains the free product $G*T$, where $T$ is the infinite cyclic group generated by the image of a suitable transvection.


References:

[GM]
J. Z. Gonçalves and A. Mandel, Free groups generated by transvections, to appear.

[H]
P. de la Harpe, Topics in Geometric Group Theory, Chicago Lectures in Mathematics, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2000. MR 2001i:20081


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D. S. Passman
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Email: passman@math.wisc.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-03-07033-3
PII: S 0002-9939(03)07033-3
Received by editor(s): August 26, 2002
Posted: May 9, 2003
Communicated by: Lance W. Small
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society


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