Kazhdan Constants for $SL_n(Z)$

dc.creatorKassabov, Martin
dc.date2003-11-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:03:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:03:19Z
dc.descriptionIn this article we improve the known Kazhdan constant for $SL_n(Z)$ with respect to the generating set of the elementary matrices. We prove that the Kazhdan constant is bounded from below by $[42\sqrt{n}+860]^{-1}$, which gives the exact asymptotic behavior of the Kazhdan constant, as $n$ goes to infinity, since $\sqrt{2/n}$ is an upper bound. We can use this bound to improve the bounds for the spectral gap of the Cayley graph of $SL_n(F_p)$ and for the working time of the product replacement algorithm for abelian groups.
dc.description22 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0311487
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0311487
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/69365
dc.subjectGroup Theory
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectRepresentation Theory
dc.subject20E46 (Primary) 15A36, 22E40, 22E67 (Secondary)
dc.titleKazhdan Constants for $SL_n(Z)$
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