An isomorphism between polynomial eigenfunctions of the transfer operator and the Eichler cohomology for modular groups (Q2748522)

The Selberg zeta-function for subgroups of \(\text{SL}_2 (\mathbb{Z})\) can be studied by means of harmonic analysis or by means of transfer operators of the geodesic flow à la Ruelle. The comparison of these two methods indicates for instance that there should be an isomorphism between the space of polynomial eigenfunctions of the transfer operator and the Eichler cohomology in the theory of modular forms. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn the present paper this is shown to exist for the groups \(\Gamma(2)\) and \(\Gamma_0(2)\). Further, evidence is provided by computer aided algebraic calculations that such an isomorphism exists for all principal congruence subgroups \(\Gamma(N)\) and all subgroups of Hecke type \(\Gamma_0(N)\).