Bianchi groups and integral quadratic forms

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Authors Donald G. James

Publication date 10 April 2002

zbMATH Keywords

Bianchi groupsintegral quadratic formsmaximal Fuchsian subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure of modular groups and generalizations; arithmetic groups (11F06) Linear algebraic groups over global fields and their integers (20G30)

Review text

The Bianchi group associated to a square-free natural number \(d\) is \(\text{PSL}(2, {\mathcal O}_d)\), where \({\mathcal O}_d\) is the ring of algebraic integers in the field \({\mathbb Q}(\sqrt{d})\). The extended Bianchi group, \(B_d\), is then the maximal discrete extension in \(\text{PSL}(2, {\mathbb C})\). A non-elementary Fuchsian group in the Bianchi group fixes a circle in the extended complex plane. The determinant of the equation of such circles is invariant under \(B_d\)-conjugation of maximal Fuchsian subgroups. The author uses quadratic forms to determine the numbers of \(B_d\)-conjugacy classes of maximal subgroups of \(\text{PSL}(2, {\mathcal O}_d)\) fixing circles of determinant \(D\). The techniques rely upon, and extend, earlier work of the author. In the special setting of prime \(d=p \equiv 3 \text{mod} 4\), the results agree with work of \textit{L. Vulakh} [Lect. Notes Pure Appl. Math. 147, 297-310 (1993; Zbl 0796.20039)]. The numerous flaws in displayed mathematical expressions, such as \(p \equiv 34\) for the above type of primes, will cause the interested reader only minor irritation. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0939.00026].

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