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How many ways can I factor a matrix (over $\mathbb{Z}$)?
Let $A$ be a fixed matrix in $M_2\mathbb{Z}$ with determinant $n \neq 0$.
Question 1 How many ways can I write $A = XY$ for $X, Y \in M_2\mathbb{Z}$?
The answer to this question is pretty clearly ...
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Are the integer matrices in SO(3,2) "boundedly generated"?
Let $G$ be the subgroup of integer matrices in $\mathrm{SO}(3,2)$.
(The invertible linear maps from a $5$ dimensional real vector space to itself which leave invariant a nondegenerate symmetric ...