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Arithmetic purity of strong approximation for semi-simple simply connected groups

Part of: Multiplicative number theory Linear algebraic groups and related topics Arithmetic algebraic geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2021

Yang Cao  and
Zhizhong Huang
Yang Cao
Affiliation:
University of Science and Technology of China, School of Mathematical Sciences, 96 Jinzhai Road, 230026Hefei, Anhui, [email protected]
Zhizhong Huang
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Vivatsgasse 7, 53111Bonn, [email protected]
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Abstract

In this article we establish the arithmetic purity of strong approximation for certain semisimple simply connected linear algebraic groups and their homogeneous spaces over a number field $k$. For instance, for any such group $G$ and for any open subset $U$ of $G$ with ${\mathrm {codim}}(G\setminus U, G)\geqslant 2$, we prove that (i) if $G$ is $k$-simple and $k$-isotropic, then $U$ satisfies strong approximation off any finite number of places; and (ii) if $G$ is the spin group of a non-degenerate quadratic form which is not compact over archimedean places, then $U$ satisfies strong approximation off all archimedean places. As a consequence, we prove that the same property holds for affine quadratic hypersurfaces. Our approach combines a fibration method with subgroup actions developed for induction on the codimension of $G\setminus U$, and an affine linear sieve which allows us to produce integral points with almost-prime polynomial values.

Keywords

strong approximationlinear algebraic groupsaffine linear sieves

MSC classification

Secondary: 11G35: Varieties over global fields 20G35: Linear algebraic groups over adèles and other rings and schemes 11N36: Applications of sieve methods
Type
Research Article
Information
Compositio Mathematica , Volume 156 , Issue 12 , December 2020 , pp. 2628 - 2649
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© The Author(s) 2021

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