The conjectural structure of the second homology of SL2(Z[1/n]){\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}[1/n])

Let n=p1pln=p_1\cdots p_l, with l>1l>1, be the prime decomposition of nn such that 1<rp1rpl1<r_{p_1}\leq\cdots\leq r_{p_l}; if rpj=rpj+1r_{p_j}=r_{p_{j+1}} for some jj, assume that pj<pj+1p_j<p_{j+1}. Here Fpj×\mathbb{F}_{p_j}^\times denotes the multiplicative group of the finite field with pjp_j elements, and qiq_i is the prime denoted by pip_i in the corresponding case. The integer nn is assumed not to be divisible by any of 2,3,5,7,132,3,5,7,13. The conjecture. The group H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)H_2({\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}[1/n]),\mathbb{Z}) is given by the following cases:

H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)Zrp1j=2lFpj×H_2({\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}[1/n]),\mathbb{Z})\simeq\mathbb{Z}^{r_{p_1}}\oplus\bigoplus_{j=2}^l\mathbb{F}_{p_j}^\times

when p111(mod12)p_1\equiv11\pmod {12};

H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)Zrp1{Z/2j=2lFpj×if pj1(mod4) for all 2jl,Z/4Z/((qi1)/2)j=2jilFpj×if pi3(mod4) for some 2ilH_2({\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}[1/n]),\mathbb{Z})\simeq\mathbb{Z}^{r_{p_1}}\oplus\begin{cases}\mathbb{Z}/2\oplus\bigoplus_{j=2}^l\mathbb{F}_{p_j}^\times & \text{if }p_j\equiv1\pmod {4}\text{ for all }2\leq j\leq l,\mathbb{Z}/4\oplus\mathbb{Z}/((q_i-1)/2)\oplus\bigoplus_{\underset{j\neq i}{j=2}}^l\mathbb{F}_{p_j}^\times & \text{if }p_i\equiv3\pmod {4}\text{ for some }2\leq i\leq l\end{cases}

when p15(mod12)p_1\equiv5\pmod {12};

H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)Zrp1Z/3j=2lFpj×H_2({\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}[1/n]),\mathbb{Z})\simeq\mathbb{Z}^{r_{p_1}}\oplus\mathbb{Z}/3\oplus\bigoplus_{j=2}^l\mathbb{F}_{p_j}^\times

when p17(mod12)p_1\equiv7\pmod {12}; and

H2(SL2(Z[1/n]),Z)Zrp1{Z/6j=2lFpj×if pj1(mod4) for all 2jl,Z/12Z/((qi1)/2)j=2jilFpj×if pi3(mod4) for some 2ilH_2({\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}[1/n]),\mathbb{Z})\simeq\mathbb{Z}^{r_{p_1}}\oplus\begin{cases}\mathbb{Z}/6\oplus\bigoplus_{j=2}^l\mathbb{F}_{p_j}^\times & \text{if }p_j\equiv1\pmod {4}\text{ for all }2\leq j\leq l,\mathbb{Z}/12\oplus\mathbb{Z}/((q_i-1)/2)\oplus\bigoplus_{\underset{j\neq i}{j=2}}^l\mathbb{F}_{p_j}^\times & \text{if }p_i\equiv3\pmod {4}\text{ for some }2\leq i\leq l\end{cases}

when p11(mod12)p_1\equiv1\pmod {12}. The conjecture asserts that the upper bound for rnr_n 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 SS-arithmetic group.

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Behrooz Mirzaii, Bruno Reis Ramos and Thiago Verissimo, “The second integral homology of SL_2(Z[1/n])”, arXiv:2503.12190 (2025).

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