Homemath.DSarXiv:2605.30064

Hecke Triangle Groups and Special Hyperbolic Elements

math.DS2026-05v1license

Abstract

We study the action of the Hecke triangle groups GqG_q on λqQ(λq2){}\lambda_q \mathbb{Q}(\lambda_q^2) \cup \{\infty\} with λq=2cos(π/q)\lambda_q = 2 \cos (\pi / q). When q=18q = 18, we show the existence of infinitely many distinct orbits of fixed points of special hyperbolic elements of GqG_q. We also find new orbits for several other values of qq. These results provide new examples of special affine pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms on the unfoldings of regular qq-gons. In particular, on the unfolding of the regular 1818-gon, there are infinitely many distinct Veech group orbits of directions invariant under a special affine pseudo-Anosov.

Comments: 16 pages

Cite

@article{arxiv.2605.30064,
  title  = {Hecke Triangle Groups and Special Hyperbolic Elements},
  author = {Karl Winsor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.30064},
  year   = {2026}
}