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Euler Characteristics of $\mathrm{SL}_4(\mathbb{Z})$ and $\mathrm{GL}_4(\mathbb{Z})$, and their cohomological consequences

Aug 2026 · 0 citations
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Abstract

We compute the homological Euler characteristics of $\mathrm{SL}_4(\mathbb{Z})$ and $\mathrm{GL}_4(\mathbb{Z})$ with coefficients in arbitrary irreducible rational highest-weight representations. Applying Wall's formula, we combine the orbifold Euler characteristics of centralizers of torsion elements with traces computed using the Jacobi-Trudi identity to derive explicit formulas and rational generating functions. Consequently, these Euler characteristics are quasi-polynomial functions of the highest-weight parameters, of total degree at most two. We further derive degreewise vanishing results and parity-sensitive lower bounds for the dimensions of cohomology groups. The two extensions of an $\mathrm{SL}_4(\mathbb{Z})$-coefficient system to $\mathrm{GL}_4(\mathbb{Z})$ yield sharper bounds, which grow linearly or quadratically in explicit infinite families. For symmetric powers, combining our formulas with Horozov's calculation of the determinant-twisted summand yields exact identities and lower bounds for the untwisted summand, together with a conjectural degreewise description of its cohomology.

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