Finite Groups of 2 × 2 Integer Matrices

DOI10.2307/2691281MaRDI QIDQ4340246zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors George MacKiw

Publication date 14 October 1997

Published in Mathematics Magazine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2691281

zbMATH Keywords

dihedral groupsfinite subgroups of \(\text{GL}(2,Z)\)integral matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrices of integers (15B36) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to group theory (20-01) Integral representations of finite groups (20C10) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Unimodular groups, congruence subgroups (group-theoretic aspects) (20H05)

Review text

The author seeks for all finite subgroups of the group \(\text{GL}(2,Z)\), which is the group of nonsingular \(2\times 2\) matrices with integer coefficients whose inverses also have integer entries. The answer is well known, see for example \textit{M. Newman} [Integral Matrices (Academic Press, 1972; Zbl 0254.15009)]; aiming at an elementary proof, the author succeeds in providing an interesting argument, completely accessible to the undergraduates.

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