Elliptic points of the Drinfeld modular groups

Abstract: Let

K

be an algebraic function field with constant field

{m a t h b b F}_{q}

. Fix a place

i n f t y

of

K

of degree

d e l t a

and let

A

be the ring of elements of

K

that are integral outside

i n f t y

. We give an explicit description of the elliptic points for the action of the Drinfeld modular group

G = G L_{2} (A)

on the Drinfeld's upper half-plane

O m e g a

and on the Drinfeld modular curve

G! s e t m i n u s! O m e g a

. It is known that under the {it building map} elliptic points are mapped onto vertices of the {it Bruhat-Tits tree} of

G

. We show how such vertices can be determined by a simple condition on their stabilizers. Finally for the special case

d e l t a = 1

we obtain from this a surprising free product decomposition for

P G L_{2} (A)

.

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