Elliptic points and cusps of a group tiled by a doubled triangle #
Let P be a convex hyperbolic triangle whose angles at the ends of side 0 are acute, and let
Γ ≤ PSL(2, ℝ) contain the side-pairing maps of its double
ConvexPolygon.doubleTriangleSidePairing, with locally finite translates of the double whose
interiors are pairwise disjoint: the double is a locally finite fundamental polygon for Γ. This
is how a hyperbolic triangle group, generated by the side-pairing maps, acts on its tessellation
by triangles and their mirror images.
The vertex cycles of the double are {P 0}, {P 1} and {P 2, P 2'}, so they correspond to
the vertices of P, and no side of the double is paired with itself. Hence the elliptic orbits
of Γ are exactly the orbits of the finite vertices of P, and the cusp orbits of Γ are
exactly the orbits of its ideal vertices, distinct vertices giving distinct orbits. At a vertex
with angle π / m, the stabilizer has order m. In terms of a typed triple p, q, r of
TriangleOrder parameters realised as the angles of P, the group has one elliptic orbit for
each elliptic entry, of the stated order, and one cusp for each cusp entry. These are the
elliptic orders and the cusp count in the orbifold signature of a triangle group.
Main declarations #
ConvexPolygon.doubleTriangleEllipticOrbitEquiv: the finite vertices ofPare in bijection with the elliptic orbits ofΓ, each vertex going to its orbit.ConvexPolygon.doubleTriangleCuspOrbitEquiv: the ideal vertices ofPare in bijection with the cusp orbits ofΓ, each vertex going to its orbit.ConvexPolygon.natCard_stabilizer_of_doubleTriangle: at a vertex ofPwith angleπ / m, the stabilizer inΓhas orderm.ConvexPolygon.natCard_ellipticOrbits_of_doubleTriangleandConvexPolygon.natCard_cuspOrbit_of_doubleTriangle: the numbers of elliptic orbits and of cusps are the numbers of elliptic and of cusp entries of the typed triple.ConvexPolygon.natCard_stabilizer_of_doubleTriangle_of_eq_elliptic: at a vertex whose entry is elliptic of orderm, the stabilizer has orderm.
References #
- Alan Beardon, The Geometry of Discrete Groups, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 91, Springer, 1983, §10.6 (triangle groups and their fundamental polygons).
- Svetlana Katok, Fuchsian Groups, Chicago Lectures in Mathematics, University of Chicago Press, 1992, §4.3 (the signature of a Fuchsian group).
Elliptic points #
The elliptic orbits of a group tiled by a doubled triangle. Let Γ contain the
side-pairing maps of the double of P, with translates of the double covering ℍ and having
pairwise disjoint interiors. Sending a finite vertex of P to its orbit identifies the finite
vertices of P with the elliptic orbits of Γ.
Instances For
The elliptic-orbit bijection sends a finite vertex of P to its orbit.
The elliptic orders of a group tiled by a doubled triangle. At a finite vertex of P with
angle π / m, the stabilizer in Γ has order m.
Cusps #
The cusps of a group tiled by a doubled triangle. Let Γ contain the side-pairing maps of
the double of P, with locally finite translates of the double having pairwise disjoint
interiors. Sending an ideal vertex of P to its orbit identifies the ideal vertices of P with
the cusp orbits of Γ.
Instances For
The cusp bijection sends an ideal vertex of P to its orbit.
Typed triangle parameters #
The number of elliptic orbits of a triangle group. If P has angles given by the typed
triple p, q, r, a group tiled by the double of P has one elliptic orbit for each elliptic
entry of the triple.
The number of cusps of a triangle group. If P has angles given by the typed triple p,
q, r, a group tiled by the double of P has one cusp orbit for each cusp entry of the
triple.
The elliptic orders of a triangle group. If P has angles given by the typed triple p,
q, r, then at a vertex of P whose entry is elliptic of order m, the stabilizer in a group
tiled by the double of P has order m.