The dilations in SL(2, ℝ) #
The diagonal matrices dilation s = !![exp (s / 2), 0; 0, exp (-(s / 2))] form a one-parameter
subgroup of SL(2, ℝ) (dilation_zero, dilation_add, dilation_inv): the positive component
of the diagonal subgroup of SL(2, ℝ), parametrised by the logarithm of the eigenvalue ratio.
Acting on the upper half-plane by Möbius transformations they are the dilations
z ↦ exp s * z, which is why the parameter is s rather than the eigenvalue exp (s / 2):
dilation s moves a point of the imaginary axis upward by the signed displacement s, that is,
by hyperbolic distance |s|, upward for s > 0 and downward for s < 0.
Main declarations #
Matrix.SpecialLinearGroup.dilation: the dilation matrix, with entriescoe_dilation.Matrix.SpecialLinearGroup.dilation_add,dilation_inv: the family is a one-parameter subgroup.Matrix.SpecialLinearGroup.eq_dilation_two_mul_log: every diagonal matrix ofSL(2, ℝ)with positive entries is a dilation.
The dilation !![exp (s / 2), 0; 0, exp (-(s / 2))], an element of SL(2, ℝ) acting on ℍ
as z ↦ exp s * z.
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Instances For
The dilation by 0 is the identity.
A diagonal matrix of SL(2, ℝ) with positive entries is a dilation: the one by twice the
logarithm of its top-left entry.