Exact orders of finite vertex-cycle transformations #
The derivative of a side-pairing cycle transformation at its finite vertex is
exp (i * cycleAngleSum). Thus a cycle with angle sum 2π / t has transformation of exact
order t, including t = 1, and a cycle with angle sum less than 2π has a nonidentity
transformation. This supplies the finite-cycle relations used in polygon presentations.
Neither discreteness nor a fundamental-domain assumption is needed: the angle condition alone
determines this order. The converse angle condition for a fundamental polygon
requires no-overlap and is proved in
TauCeti.Analysis.Complex.UpperHalfPlane.Polygon.SidePairing.Vertex.Stabilizer.
References #
- Alan Beardon, The Geometry of Discrete Groups, Chapter 9.
- Svetlana Katok, Fuchsian Groups, Chapter 3.
The derivative of a cycle transformation at a finite vertex is the unit complex number whose counterclockwise angle is the cycle angle sum.
If the angle sum at a finite vertex cycle is 2π / t, its cycle transformation has exact
order t. In particular, the relation cannot be shortened to a proper divisor of t.
If the M-th tile around a finite vertex returns to the vertex after angles summing to 2π,
then the order of the cycle transformation times the cycle angle sum is 2π.
A finite vertex cycle whose angle sum is less than 2π has a nonidentity cycle
transformation: its derivative at the vertex is the rotation by that angle sum, which lies
strictly between 0 and 2π.