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arxiv: 1507.06826 · v1 · pith:Z2LHWERHnew · submitted 2015-07-24 · 🧮 math.DS

Classifying mathsf{GL}(n,mathbb Z)-orbits of points and rational subspaces

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We first show that the subgroup of the abelian real group $\mathbb{R}$ generated by the coordinates of a point in $x = (x_1,\dots,x_n)\in\mathbb{R}^n$ completely classifies the $\mathsf{GL}(n,\mathbb Z)$-orbit of $x$. This yields a short proof of J.S.Dani's theorem: the $\mathsf{GL}(n,\mathbb Z)$-orbit of $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$ is dense iff $x_i/x_j\in \mathbb{R} \setminus \mathbb Q$ for some $i,j=1,\dots,n$. We then classify $\mathsf{GL}(n,\mathbb Z)$-orbits of rational affine subspaces $F$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$. We prove that the dimension of $F$ together with the volume of a special parallelotope associated to $F$ yields a complete classifier of the $\mathsf{GL}(n,\mathbb Z)$-orbit of $F$.

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