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Hecke groups, linear recurrences, and Kepler limits

Number Theory 2021-02-19 v2

Abstract

We study the linear fractional transformations in the Hecke group G(Φ)G(\Phi) where Φ\Phi is either root of x2x1x^2 - x -1 (the larger root being the "golden ratio" ϕ=2cosπ5\phi = 2 \cos \frac {\pi}5.) Let gG(Φ)g \in G(\Phi) and let zz be a generic element of the upper half-plane. Exploiting the fact that Φ2=Φ1\Phi^2 = \Phi -1, we find that g(z)g(z) is a quotient of linear polynomials in zz such that the coefficients of z1z^1 and z0z^0 in the numerator and denominator of g(z)g(z) appear themselves to be linear polynomials in Φ\Phi with coefficients that are certain multiples of Fibonacci numbers. We make somewhat less detailed observations along similar lines about the functions in G(2cosπk)G(2 \cos \frac {\pi}k) for k5k \geq 5.

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@article{arxiv.1903.00419,
  title  = {Hecke groups, linear recurrences, and Kepler limits},
  author = {Barry Brent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.00419},
  year   = {2021}
}

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Published in \it Integers \rm, as $ \# A51$, 30 September 2019

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