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On the distribution of angles between geodesic rays associated with hyperbolic lattice points

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

For every two points z0,z1z_0,z_1 in the upper half-plane, consider all elements γ\gamma in the principal congruence group Γ(N)\Gamma(N), acting on the upper half-plane by fractional linear transformations, such that the hyperbolic distance between z1z_1 and γz0\gamma z_0 is at most R>0R>0. We study the distribution of angles between the geodesic rays [z1,γz0][z_1,\gamma z_0] as RR\to \infty, proving that the limiting distribution exists independently of NN and explicitly computing it. When z1=z0z_1=z_0 this is found to be the uniform distribution on the interval [π/2,π/2][-\pi/2,\pi/2].

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@article{arxiv.math/0608078,
  title  = {On the distribution of angles between geodesic rays associated with hyperbolic lattice points},
  author = {Florin P. Boca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0608078},
  year   = {2007}
}

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12 pages

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