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Linear Diophantine equations and conjugator length in 2-step nilpotent groups

Abstract:
We establish upper bounds on the lengths of minimal conjugators in 2-step nilpotent groups. These bounds exploit the existence of small integral solutions to systems of linear Diophantine equations. We prove that in some cases these bounds are sharp. This enables us to construct a family of finitely generated 2-step nilpotent groups (Gm)m∈N such that the conjugator length function of Gm grows like a polynomial of degree m + 1.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1112/blms.70327

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Mathematical Institute
Oxford college:
Magdalen College
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-0080-9059
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Author
ORCID:
0009-0004-3699-0322


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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
Funding agency for:
Riley, TR
Grant:
NSF GCR-2428489


Publisher:
Wiley
Journal:
Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society More from this journal
Volume:
58
Issue:
3
Article number:
e70327
Publication date:
2026-03-09
Acceptance date:
2026-01-25
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EISSN:
1469-2120
ISSN:
0024-6093


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English
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2370653
Local pid:
pubs:2370653
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2026-02-12
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