What are S-integral matrices for S a finite set of primes in a number field?












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I am reading the paper Geometric construction of cohomology for arithmetic
groups I by Millson and Raghunathan, and unfortunately I know almost no number theory, so I am confused by the following proposition:



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Specifically, what does it mean when they say "Let $S={p_1, ldots, p_m}$ be a finite set of primes of $E$ and let $G(O_S)$ be the group of $S$ integral matrices over $E$ that preserve $Q$."




  1. What is $O_S$ exactly? I found the definition of $O_R$ for $R$ a ring to be be the ring of roots of monic polynomials with integer coefficients. But $S$ is obviously not a ring. Is the intent her to look at the subring generated by $S$ and find the roots within this subring?


  2. What do they mean be a "finite set of primes of $E$"? When I look up the definition of a prime element of a ring it says that an element $p$ of a ring $R$ is prime "if it is nonzero, has no multiplicative inverse and satisfies the following requirement: whenever $p$ divides the product $xy$ of two elements of $R$, it also divides at least one of $x$ or $y$." But this doesn't make sense in this context since every non-zero element of a field is invertible. Do you think that the authors mean that these are irreducible elements instead? Or is there some other meaning of prime in this context?











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    planetmath.org/RingOfSintegers
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    I think "prime of $E$" means a prime element of the ring of integers of $E$.
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I am reading the paper Geometric construction of cohomology for arithmetic
groups I by Millson and Raghunathan, and unfortunately I know almost no number theory, so I am confused by the following proposition:



enter image description here



Specifically, what does it mean when they say "Let $S={p_1, ldots, p_m}$ be a finite set of primes of $E$ and let $G(O_S)$ be the group of $S$ integral matrices over $E$ that preserve $Q$."




  1. What is $O_S$ exactly? I found the definition of $O_R$ for $R$ a ring to be be the ring of roots of monic polynomials with integer coefficients. But $S$ is obviously not a ring. Is the intent her to look at the subring generated by $S$ and find the roots within this subring?


  2. What do they mean be a "finite set of primes of $E$"? When I look up the definition of a prime element of a ring it says that an element $p$ of a ring $R$ is prime "if it is nonzero, has no multiplicative inverse and satisfies the following requirement: whenever $p$ divides the product $xy$ of two elements of $R$, it also divides at least one of $x$ or $y$." But this doesn't make sense in this context since every non-zero element of a field is invertible. Do you think that the authors mean that these are irreducible elements instead? Or is there some other meaning of prime in this context?











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    planetmath.org/RingOfSintegers
    – Qiaochu Yuan
    Nov 22 '18 at 3:03










  • @QiaochuYuan Thanks! I've added a second question regarding terminology. Could you help me with this as well?
    – ಠ_ಠ
    Nov 22 '18 at 7:28






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    I think "prime of $E$" means a prime element of the ring of integers of $E$.
    – Qiaochu Yuan
    Nov 22 '18 at 20:21














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I am reading the paper Geometric construction of cohomology for arithmetic
groups I by Millson and Raghunathan, and unfortunately I know almost no number theory, so I am confused by the following proposition:



enter image description here



Specifically, what does it mean when they say "Let $S={p_1, ldots, p_m}$ be a finite set of primes of $E$ and let $G(O_S)$ be the group of $S$ integral matrices over $E$ that preserve $Q$."




  1. What is $O_S$ exactly? I found the definition of $O_R$ for $R$ a ring to be be the ring of roots of monic polynomials with integer coefficients. But $S$ is obviously not a ring. Is the intent her to look at the subring generated by $S$ and find the roots within this subring?


  2. What do they mean be a "finite set of primes of $E$"? When I look up the definition of a prime element of a ring it says that an element $p$ of a ring $R$ is prime "if it is nonzero, has no multiplicative inverse and satisfies the following requirement: whenever $p$ divides the product $xy$ of two elements of $R$, it also divides at least one of $x$ or $y$." But this doesn't make sense in this context since every non-zero element of a field is invertible. Do you think that the authors mean that these are irreducible elements instead? Or is there some other meaning of prime in this context?











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I am reading the paper Geometric construction of cohomology for arithmetic
groups I by Millson and Raghunathan, and unfortunately I know almost no number theory, so I am confused by the following proposition:



enter image description here



Specifically, what does it mean when they say "Let $S={p_1, ldots, p_m}$ be a finite set of primes of $E$ and let $G(O_S)$ be the group of $S$ integral matrices over $E$ that preserve $Q$."




  1. What is $O_S$ exactly? I found the definition of $O_R$ for $R$ a ring to be be the ring of roots of monic polynomials with integer coefficients. But $S$ is obviously not a ring. Is the intent her to look at the subring generated by $S$ and find the roots within this subring?


  2. What do they mean be a "finite set of primes of $E$"? When I look up the definition of a prime element of a ring it says that an element $p$ of a ring $R$ is prime "if it is nonzero, has no multiplicative inverse and satisfies the following requirement: whenever $p$ divides the product $xy$ of two elements of $R$, it also divides at least one of $x$ or $y$." But this doesn't make sense in this context since every non-zero element of a field is invertible. Do you think that the authors mean that these are irreducible elements instead? Or is there some other meaning of prime in this context?








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    planetmath.org/RingOfSintegers
    – Qiaochu Yuan
    Nov 22 '18 at 3:03










  • @QiaochuYuan Thanks! I've added a second question regarding terminology. Could you help me with this as well?
    – ಠ_ಠ
    Nov 22 '18 at 7:28






  • 1




    I think "prime of $E$" means a prime element of the ring of integers of $E$.
    – Qiaochu Yuan
    Nov 22 '18 at 20:21














  • 1




    planetmath.org/RingOfSintegers
    – Qiaochu Yuan
    Nov 22 '18 at 3:03










  • @QiaochuYuan Thanks! I've added a second question regarding terminology. Could you help me with this as well?
    – ಠ_ಠ
    Nov 22 '18 at 7:28






  • 1




    I think "prime of $E$" means a prime element of the ring of integers of $E$.
    – Qiaochu Yuan
    Nov 22 '18 at 20:21








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planetmath.org/RingOfSintegers
– Qiaochu Yuan
Nov 22 '18 at 3:03




planetmath.org/RingOfSintegers
– Qiaochu Yuan
Nov 22 '18 at 3:03












@QiaochuYuan Thanks! I've added a second question regarding terminology. Could you help me with this as well?
– ಠ_ಠ
Nov 22 '18 at 7:28




@QiaochuYuan Thanks! I've added a second question regarding terminology. Could you help me with this as well?
– ಠ_ಠ
Nov 22 '18 at 7:28




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I think "prime of $E$" means a prime element of the ring of integers of $E$.
– Qiaochu Yuan
Nov 22 '18 at 20:21




I think "prime of $E$" means a prime element of the ring of integers of $E$.
– Qiaochu Yuan
Nov 22 '18 at 20:21










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Here $O_S$ will be the ring of integers of $E$ with the inverses of the $p_i$
adjoined. That is,
$$O_S=O_E[p_1^{-1},ldots,p_m^{-1}]$$
where $O_E$ is the ring of algebraic integers in $E$.
(This is standard jargon in algebraic number theory.)






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Here $O_S$ will be the ring of integers of $E$ with the inverses of the $p_i$
adjoined. That is,
$$O_S=O_E[p_1^{-1},ldots,p_m^{-1}]$$
where $O_E$ is the ring of algebraic integers in $E$.
(This is standard jargon in algebraic number theory.)






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Here $O_S$ will be the ring of integers of $E$ with the inverses of the $p_i$
adjoined. That is,
$$O_S=O_E[p_1^{-1},ldots,p_m^{-1}]$$
where $O_E$ is the ring of algebraic integers in $E$.
(This is standard jargon in algebraic number theory.)






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Here $O_S$ will be the ring of integers of $E$ with the inverses of the $p_i$
adjoined. That is,
$$O_S=O_E[p_1^{-1},ldots,p_m^{-1}]$$
where $O_E$ is the ring of algebraic integers in $E$.
(This is standard jargon in algebraic number theory.)






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Here $O_S$ will be the ring of integers of $E$ with the inverses of the $p_i$
adjoined. That is,
$$O_S=O_E[p_1^{-1},ldots,p_m^{-1}]$$
where $O_E$ is the ring of algebraic integers in $E$.
(This is standard jargon in algebraic number theory.)







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