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A note on the action of Hecke groups on subsets of quadratic fields

Group Theory 2024-05-01 v1

Abstract

We study the action of the groups H(λ)H(\lambda) generated by the linear fractional transformations x:z1z and w:zz+λx:z\mapsto -\frac{1}{z} \text{ and }w:z\mapsto z+\lambda, where λ\lambda is a positive integer, on the subsets Q(n)={a+nc    a,b=a2nc,cZ}\mathbb Q^*(\sqrt{n})=\{\frac{a+\sqrt n}{c}\;|\;a,b=\frac{a^2-n}{c},c\in\mathbb Z\}, where nn is a square-free integer. We prove that this action has a finite number of orbits if and only if λ=1\lambda=1 or λ=2\lambda=2, and we give an upper bound for the number of orbits for λ=2\lambda=2.

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@article{arxiv.2007.05941,
  title  = {A note on the action of Hecke groups on subsets of quadratic fields},
  author = {Mircea Cimpoeas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.05941},
  year   = {2024}
}

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