Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4595462 Journal of Number Theory 2006 21 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let f be a nondegenerate quadratic form in n⩾5 variables over a number field K and let S be a finite set of valuations of K containing all Archimedean ones. We prove that if the Witt index of f is ⩾2 or it is 1 and S contains a non-Archimedean valuation, then the S-arithmetic subgroups of SOn(f) have bounded generation. These groups provide a series of examples of boundedly generated S-arithmetic groups in isotropic, but not quasi-split, algebraic groups.

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