Growth problem for strong boundedness constants of special linear groups over number fields

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For n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}, define

F(n):=sup⁡{Δk(SLn+2(OK))k∣K a number field}.F(n):=\sup\left\{\frac{\Delta_k({\rm SL}_{n+2}(\mathscr{O}_K))}{k}\mid K\text{ a number field}\right\}.

Here OK\mathscr{O}_K denotes the ring of integers of the number field KK, and Δk\Delta_k is the strong boundedness invariant considered in the paper. Growth problem. What is the growth of the function

F:N→[0,+∞),n↦F(n)?F:\mathbb{N}\to[0,+\infty),\qquad n\mapsto F(n)?

This is posed as an open problem about the dependence on the rank of the strong boundedness constants for SL⁡n+2(OK)\operatorname{SL}_{n+2}(\mathscr{O}_K), uniformly over number fields. The preceding discussion gives linear bounds in the rank for global function fields, while the corresponding growth for number fields is left unresolved.

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Alexander Trost, “Stability, bounded generation and strong boundedness”, arXiv:2305.11562 (2025).

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