Counting modular matrices with specified Euclidean norm

DOI10.1016/0097-3165(88)90048-9MaRDI QIDQ1101480zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Morris Newman

Publication date 1988

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0097-3165(88)90048-9

zbMATH Keywords

Euclidean normmodular group SL(2,\({bbfZ})\)number of matricessums of squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure of modular groups and generalizations; arithmetic groups (11F06) Asymptotic results on counting functions for algebraic and topological structures (11N45) Unimodular groups, congruence subgroups (group-theoretic aspects) (20H05)

Review text

Let N(x) be the number of matrices \(\left( \begin{matrix} a\\ c\end{matrix} \begin{matrix} b\\ d\end{matrix} \right)\in SL(2,{\mathbb{Z}})\) whose Euclidean norm \(a^ 2+b^ 2+c^ 2+d^ 2\) does not exceed x. Then \(\lim_{x\to \infty}N(x)/x=6\).

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