Let n=p1⋯pl, with l>1, be the prime decomposition of n such that 1<rp1≤⋯≤rpl; if rpj=rpj+1 for some j, assume that pj<pj+1. Here Fpj× denotes the multiplicative group of the finite field with pj elements, and qi is the prime denoted by pi in the corresponding case. The integer n is assumed not to be divisible by any of 2,3,5,7,13. The conjecture. The group H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z) is given by the following cases:
H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)≃Zrp1⊕j=2⨁lFpj×
when p1≡11(mod12);
H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)≃Zrp1⊕{Z/2⊕⨁j=2lFpj×if pj≡1(mod4) for all 2≤j≤l,Z/4⊕Z/((qi−1)/2)⊕⨁j=ij=2lFpj×if pi≡3(mod4) for some 2≤i≤l
when p1≡5(mod12);
H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)≃Zrp1⊕Z/3⊕j=2⨁lFpj×
when p1≡7(mod12); and
H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)≃Zrp1⊕{Z/6⊕⨁j=2lFpj×if pj≡1(mod4) for all 2≤j≤l,Z/12⊕Z/((qi−1)/2)⊕⨁j=ij=2lFpj×if pi≡3(mod4) for some 2≤i≤l
when p1≡1(mod12). The conjecture asserts that the upper bound for rn in the preceding theorem is attained. The authors strongly suspect this structure but state that they currently have no definitive proof or disproof; it concerns the second integral homology of the indicated S-arithmetic group.