Normalized cusp data of a Fuchsian group #
Let Γ ≤ PSL(2, ℝ) be a discrete subgroup and c ∈ OnePoint ℝ a cusp point of Γ, that is, a
point fixed by a parabolic element of Γ. Choose σ ∈ PSL(2, ℝ) with σ • c = ∞. Then the
stabilizer of c in Γ is infinite cyclic, and σ conjugates it onto the group of translations
z ↦ z + n * w, n ∈ ℤ, for a unique w > 0, the width of the cusp relative to σ.
The result is packaged as a normalized cusp datum Subgroup.CuspDatum: a cusp, a scaling, a
generator of the full stabilizer, and a positive width with the conjugation formula. Such a datum
records exactly the choices from which cusp neighbourhoods and the q-coordinate
exp (2 * π * I * σ z / w) are built. The width is not an invariant of the cusp alone; it depends
on the scaling, and the datum is unique once the cusp and the scaling are fixed.
Main declarations #
Subgroup.CuspDatum: normalized cusp data ofΓ ≤ PSL(2, ℝ).Subgroup.CuspDatum.cusp_eq_of_scaling_eq: cusp data with equal scalings have equal cusps.Subgroup.CuspDatum.mem_stabilizer_iff_conj: the conjugated stabilizer of the cusp is exactly the group of translations bywidth * ℤ.Subgroup.CuspDatum.ext: a cusp datum is determined by its cusp and scaling.Subgroup.IsCuspPoint.exists_cuspDatum: for a discreteΓ, every cusp point and every scaling sending it to∞carry a cusp datum.
References #
- Alan Beardon, The Geometry of Discrete Groups, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 91, Springer, 1983, §§5.1 and 9.2.
- Svetlana Katok, Fuchsian Groups, Chicago Lectures in Mathematics, University of Chicago Press, 1992, §§2.2 and 4.2.
- Fred Diamond and Jerry Shurman, A First Course in Modular Forms, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 228, Springer, 2005, §2.4.
Normalized cusp data. A cusp datum of Γ ≤ PSL(2, ℝ) consists of a boundary point
cusp, a scaling σ ∈ PSL(2, ℝ), an element generator of Γ generating the full stabilizer
of cusp in Γ, and a positive width such that σ * generator * σ⁻¹ is the translation
z ↦ z + width. Consequently σ sends cusp to ∞ (Subgroup.CuspDatum.scaling_smul_cusp),
cusp is a cusp point (Subgroup.CuspDatum.isCuspPoint), and conjugation by σ identifies the
full stabilizer with the translations by width * ℤ
(Subgroup.CuspDatum.mem_stabilizer_iff_conj).
The width depends on the scaling and not only on the cusp; given the cusp and the scaling, the
datum is unique (Subgroup.CuspDatum.ext). In particular a proper power
of the generator, although also conjugate to a positive translation, never forms a cusp datum.
For a discrete Γ, every cusp point and every scaling sending it to ∞ carry a cusp datum
(Subgroup.IsCuspPoint.exists_cuspDatum).
The cusp point.
- scaling : Matrix.ProjectiveSpecialLinearGroup (Fin 2) ℝ
A projective transformation, which sends
cuspto∞. - generator : ↥Γ
The selected generator of the stabilizer of
cuspinΓ. - width : ℝ
The width of the cusp relative to
scaling.
Instances For
The selected generator fixes the cusp.
The selected generator of the stabilizer of a cusp is parabolic.
The scaling of a cusp datum sends the cusp to ∞.
The point of a cusp datum is a cusp point.
The cusp orbit represented by a cusp datum.
Instances For
Two cusp data represent the same cusp orbit exactly when their cusps are Γ-equivalent.
The stabilizer of the cusp consists of the integer powers of the selected generator.
Conjugation by the scaling sends the n-th power of the generator to translation by
n * width.
The selected generator of the stabilizer of a cusp has infinite order: for n ≠ 0, its n-th
power is conjugate to translation by n * width ≠ 0.
The conjugated cusp stabilizer is width * ℤ. An element of Γ fixes the cusp exactly
when its conjugate by the scaling is translation by an integer multiple of the width.
Uniqueness of normalized cusp data. A cusp datum is determined by its cusp and its
scaling: the width is then the positive generator of the conjugated stabilizer, and the
generator is the corresponding element of Γ.
Enlarging the subgroup sends a normalized cusp datum to the orbit of its cusp point.
Existence of normalized cusp data. Let Γ ≤ PSL(2, ℝ) be discrete and c a cusp point
of Γ. For every σ ∈ PSL(2, ℝ) with σ • c = ∞ there is a cusp datum with cusp c and
scaling σ: the stabilizer of c in Γ is infinite cyclic, generated by an element that σ
conjugates to a positive translation.
Every cusp point of a discrete subgroup of PSL(2, ℝ) is the cusp of a cusp datum.
Every cusp orbit of a discrete subgroup of PSL(2, ℝ) is represented by a cusp datum.
A chosen normalized cusp datum representing a cusp orbit of a discrete group.