English

Groups generated by two elliptic elements in PU(2,1)

Complex Variables 2010-03-16 v1

Abstract

Let ff and gg be two elliptic elements in PU(2,1)\mathbf{PU}(2,1) of order mm and nn respectively, where mn>2m\geq n>2. We prove that if the distance δ(f,g)\delta(f,g) between the complex lines or points fixed by ff and gg is large than a certain number, then the group <f,g>< f, g > is discrete nonelementary and isomorphic to the free product ZmZn\mathbf{Z}_{m}*\mathbf{Z}_{n}.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1003.2789,
  title  = {Groups generated by two elliptic elements in PU(2,1)},
  author = {Baohua Xie and Yueping Jiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.2789},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

9 pages

R2 v1 2026-06-21T14:57:42.417Z