Counting modular matrices with specified Euclidean norm (Q1101480)
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Counting modular matrices with specified Euclidean norm (English)
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1988
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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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modular group SL(2,\({bbfZ})\)
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sums of squares
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number of matrices
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Euclidean norm
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