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27.—Generating Sets for Fuchsian Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

J. H. H. Chalk  and
B. G. A. Kelly
J. H. H. Chalk
Affiliation:
University of Toronto.
B. G. A. Kelly
Affiliation:
University of Toronto.
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Synopsis

For a class of Fuchsian groups, which includes integral automorphs of quadratic forms and unit groups of indefinite quaternion algebras, it is shown that the geometry of a suitably chosen fundamental region leads to explicit bounds for a complete set of generators.

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 72 , Issue 4 , 1975 , pp. 317 - 326
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1975

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