Magma includes a database of representatives of the GL(n, Z)-conjugacy classes of irreducible maximal finite subgroups of GL(n, Z) for n<=11 and n ∈{13, 17, 19, 23}. This section defines the interface to that database.
For n < 10 the groups have been described in [PP77], [PP80]. The groups of dimension 10 can be found in [Sou94]. In the cases n>10 prime, the representatives have been constructed using the descriptions given in [Ple85].
A particular entry of the database can be specified in one of two ways. Firstly, a number in the range 1 to the size of the database can be given. Alternatively, the desired dimension can be provided, together with a number in the range 1 to the number of entries of that dimension.
Each entry can be accessed either as a matrix group or as a lattice. If accessed as a matrix group, the order and base are set on return. If as a lattice, the automorphism group is set.
This function returns a database object which contains information about the database.
Returns the largest dimension of any entry stored in the database. It is an error to refer to larger dimensions in the database.
Returns the number of entries stored in the database.
Returns the number of entries stored in the database of dimension d.
Returns the i-th entry from the database D as a matrix group.
Returns a lattice L and sequence of additional forms F fixed by the i-th group in the database D.
Returns a string S which describes the construction of the i-th group G in the database D.If the G-invariant lattice is well known, S equals the name of this lattice. If the Degree d of G is a prime, G usually can be chosen to fix the form a0 Id + a1 (z + z - 1) + ... + ak (zk + z - 1) with k = (d - 1)/2 and some ai ∈Z where z denotes the permutation matrix of some d-cycle in Zd x d (see [Ple85]). In this case, S equals [a0, a1, a2, ...]. In all other cases, S describes the isomorphism type of G.
The second return value gives the numbers of all groups of degree d in the Rational Matrix Group Database which contain a GL(d, Q)-conjugate copy of G.
Returns the i-th entry of dimension d in the database D as a matrix group.
Returns a lattice L and sequence of additional forms F fixed by the i-th group of dimension d in the database D.
Returns a string and integer which describe the construction of the i-th entry of dimension d in the database D.
> D:= IntegralMatrixGroupDatabase(); > #D; 222 > G:= Group(D, 8, 7); Construction(D, 8, 7); A8* [ 3 ]So G is the automorphism group of the dual of the root lattice A8 and it is conjugate to a subgroup of the third entry of dimension 8 in the RationalMatrixgroupDatabase. We find an explicit embedding T of G into that group.
> DQ:= RationalMatrixGroupDatabase(); > H:= Group(DQ, 8, 3); L:= Lattice(DQ, 8, 3); > F:= PositiveDefiniteForm(G); > for s in Sublattices(G) do > B:= BasisMatrix(s); > FF:= B * F * Transpose(B); > ok, T:= IsIsometric(LatticeWithGram(FF div GCD(Eltseq(FF))), L); > if ok then break; end if; > end for; > assert ok; > T:= Matrix(Rationals(), T*B); > [Matrix(Integers(), T*Matrix(G.i)*T^-1) in H : i in [1..Ngens(G)]]; [ true, true ]