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Symmetries of the q-deformed real projective line

Combinatorics 2025-03-05 v1

Abstract

We generalize in two steps the quantized action of the modular group on qq-deformed real numbers introduced by Morier-Genoud and Ovsienko. First, we let the projective general linear group PGL2(Z)PGL_2(\mathbb{Z}) act on qq-real numbers via a qq-deformed action. The quantized matrices we get have combinatorial interpretations. Then we consider an extension of the group PGL2(Z)PGL_2(\mathbb{Z}) by the 22-elements cyclic group, and define a quantized action of this extension on qq-real numbers. We deduce from these actions some underlying relations between qq-real numbers, and between left and right versions of qq-deformed rational numbers. In particular we investigate the case of some algebraic numbers of degree 44 and 66. We also prove that the way of quantizing real numbers defined by Morier-Genoud and Ovsienko is an injective process.

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@article{arxiv.2503.02122,
  title  = {Symmetries of the q-deformed real projective line},
  author = {Perrine Jouteur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.02122},
  year   = {2025}
}

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24 pages, 2 figures