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Zariski density of conjugates of $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ in $Sp_{2g}$

This seems impossible to me, at least with the kind of embedding considered or anything remotely close to it. I'll think classically, in terms of $\mathbb{C}$ points. Your embedding $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ …
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Symplectic group over $\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}$ is generated by its root subgroups

I'll spell out Andrei Smolensky's argument a bit (and remove this from the unanswered list). (1) For any field $k$, the group $\operatorname{SL}_2(k)$ is generated by its elementary subgroups. In part …