Finite quaternionic matrix groups

Abstract

Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="script upper D"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">D</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal {D}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> be a definite quaternion algebra such that its center has degree <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="d"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> over <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper Q"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Q</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {Q}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>. A subgroup <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper G"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">G</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper G upper L Subscript n Baseline left-parenthesis script upper D right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">D</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">GL_n(\mathcal {D})</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is absolutely irreducible if the <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="double-struck upper Q"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="double-struck">Q</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb {Q}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>-algebra spanned by the matrices in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper G"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">G</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="script upper D Superscript n times n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">D</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>×<!-- × --></mml:mo> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathcal {D}^{n\times n}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>. The finite absolutely irreducible subgroups of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper G upper L Subscript n Baseline left-parenthesis script upper D right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">D</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">GL_n(\mathcal {D})</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> are classified for <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="n d less-than-or-equal-to 10"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>≤<!-- ≤ --></mml:mo> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">nd \leq 10</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> by constructing representatives of the conjugacy classes of the maximal finite ones. Methods to construct the groups and to deal with the quaternion algebras are developed. The investigation of the invariant rational lattices yields quaternionic structures for many interesting lattices.