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On Representation of Integers from Thin Subgroups of SL(2,Z) with Parabolics

Number Theory 2018-07-03 v3

Abstract

Let Λ<SL(2,Z)\Lambda<SL(2,\mathbb{Z}) be a finitely generated, non-elementary Fuchsian group of the second kind, and v,wv, w be two primitive vectors in Z2(0,0)\mathbb{Z}^2-(0,0). We consider the set S={vγ,wR2:γΛ}\mathcal{S}=\{\langle {v}\gamma,{w}\rangle_{\mathbb{R}^2}:\gamma\in\Lambda\}, where ,R2\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_{\mathbb{R}^2} is the standard inner product in R2\mathbb{R}^2. Using Hardy-Littlewood circle method and some infinite co-volume lattice point counting techniques developed by Bourgain, Kontorovich and Sarnak, together with Gamburd's 5/6 spectral gap, we show that if Λ\Lambda has parabolic elements, and the critical exponent δ\delta of Λ\Lambda exceeds 0.995371, then a density-one subset of all admissible integers (i.e. integers passing all local obstructions) are actually in S\mathcal{S}, with a power savings on the size of the exceptional set (i.e. the set of admissible integers failing to appear in S\mathcal{S}). This supplements a result of Bourgain-Kontorovich, which proves a density-one statement for the case when Λ\Lambda is free, finitely generated, has no parabolics and has critical exponent δ>0.999950\delta>0.999950.

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@article{arxiv.1610.00770,
  title  = {On Representation of Integers from Thin Subgroups of SL(2,Z) with Parabolics},
  author = {Xin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00770},
  year   = {2018}
}

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