Salehi-Golsefidy–Varjú super approximation conjecture

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Let G<SLn(Z)G<\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb Z) be a finitely generated subgroup. Let G\mathbb G be the Zariski closure of GG, and let G0\mathbb G_0 denote its identity component. The group GG has the super approximation property with respect to all positive integers if and only if

[G0,G0]=G0.[\mathbb G_0,\mathbb G_0]=\mathbb G_0.

Salehi-Golsefidy–Varjú conjecture. A finitely generated subgroup G<SLn(Z)G<\operatorname{SL}_n(\mathbb Z) has super approximation with respect to all positive integers exactly when the identity component of its Zariski closure is perfect. This gives a proposed characterization of super approximation for arbitrary finitely generated linear groups, extending the known results for important classes of Zariski-dense subgroups; the source provides no resolution of the conjecture.

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Jincheng Tang and Xin Zhang, “Super approximation for SL_2SL_2 and ASL_2”, arXiv:2308.09982 (2026).

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