The Unreasonable Slightness Conjecture for elementary matrix groups

Let dim=3\dim=3, 44, or 55. Let A\mathcal{A} be either an imaginary quadratic field when dim=3\dim=3, a rational definite quaternion algebra equipped with an orthogonal involution \ddagger when dim=4\dim=4, or a rational definite quaternion algebra when dim=5\dim=5. Let O\mathcal{O} be a maximal order (or \ddagger-order) of A\mathcal{A}. Let Γ\Gamma be SL(2,O)SL(2,\mathcal{O}) when dim=3,5\dim=3,5 and SL(2,O)SL^\ddagger(2,\mathcal{O}) when dim=4\dim=4. Let E\mathcal{E} be the subgroup generated by upper and lower triangular matrices. The amended Unreasonable Slightness Conjecture. Exactly one of the following holds:

  1. O\mathcal{O} is norm-Euclidean (or norm \ddagger-Euclidean when dim=4\dim=4) and Γ=E\Gamma=\mathcal{E}.
  2. O\mathcal{O} is not Euclidean (or \ddagger-Euclidean when dim=4\dim=4) and E\mathcal{E} is an infinite-index, non-normal subgroup of Γ\Gamma.

This conjecture predicts a sharp dichotomy between Euclidean orders, for which elementary matrices generate the relevant arithmetic group, and non-Euclidean orders, for which they generate a small non-normal subgroup. Its status is not established by the supplied source context.

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Arseniy and Sheydvasser, “Generating Hyperbolic Isometry Groups by Elementary Matrices”, arXiv:2109.05054 (2023).

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