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Fuchsian Embeddings in the Bianchi Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Benjamin Fine
Benjamin Fine*
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Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
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If d is a positive square free integer we let Od be the ring of integers in and we let Γd = PSL2(Od), the group of linear fractional transformations

and entries from Od {if d = 1, ad – bc = ±1}. The Γd are called collectively the Bianchi groups and have been studied extensively both as abstract groups and in automorphic function theory {see references}. Of particular interest has been Γ1 – the Picard group. Group theoretically Γ1, is very similar to the classical modular group M = PSL2(Z) both in its total structure [4, 6], and in the structure of its congruence subgroups [8]. Where Γ1 and M differ greatly is in their action on the complex place C. M is Fuchsian and therefore acts discontinuously in the upper half-plane and every subgroup has the same property.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , 01 December 1987 , pp. 1434 - 1445
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1987

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