Divisibility properties of subgroup numbers for the modular group. (Q2581074)
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Divisibility properties of subgroup numbers for the modular group. (English)
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10 January 2006
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Let \(\text{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\) denote the modular group. It is the mostly studied discrete group. Newman showed that all subgroups of the modular group having index greater than 6 are of index divisible by 6 and are all free. Let \(s_n\) denote the number of index \(n\) subgroups in \(\text{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\) and \(f_\lambda\) denote the number of free subgroups in \(\text{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z})\) of index \(6\lambda\). In this paper, the authors generalize the divisibility results for \(f_\lambda\) and \(s_n\) to congruences modulo higher powers of 2.
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modular group
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discrete groups
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congruences
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subgroup numbers
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subgroups of finite index
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free subgroups
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