Forests of Gaussian numbers
Number Theory
2020-04-17 v2
Abstract
The Calkin-Wilf tree is an infinite binary tree whose vertices are the positive rational numbers. Each number occurs in the tree exactly once and in the form , where are and are relatively prime positive integers. In this paper, certain subsemigroups of the modular group are used to construct similar trees in the set of positive complex numbers. Associated to each semigroup is a forest of trees that partitions . The set of cusps and the fundamental domain of the semigroup are defined and computed.
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@article{arxiv.1410.7478,
title = {Forests of Gaussian numbers},
author = {Melvyn B. Nathanson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.7478},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Minor revisions; title changed to "Forests of complex numbers"; 10 pages