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Finding generators of matrix subgroups

This is essentially equivalent to finding the generators of the group of units in number fields, which is not an easy problem (google "fundamental unit"). The way you get there (I will do it for $SL(n …
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Zariski density of conjugates of $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ in $Sp_{2g}$

A complement to David's answer. Zariski dense (faithful) representations of the $2, 4, 5$ triangle group are constructed by Long and Thistlethwaite's Zariski dense surface subgroups in $SL(4, \mathbb{ …
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In H_2 of Sp(2g,Z), why does Meyer's signature cocycle give 4 times a generator?

At least the first statement is proved in Meyer's thesis (Die signatur von lokal...), and a newer proof can be found in: MR1823605 (2002a:57038) Reviewed Hoster, Matthias(D-MNCH) A new proof of the …
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