The connections between continued fraction representations of units and certain Hecke groups. (Q974317)

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    The connections between continued fraction representations of units and certain Hecke groups.
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5712977

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      The connections between continued fraction representations of units and certain Hecke groups. (English)
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      27 May 2010
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      The authors deal with the Hecke groups \(H(\lambda)\) generated by the transformations \(R(z)=\frac{-1}{z}\) and \(T(z)=z+\lambda\), where \(\lambda=\sqrt D\) and \(D\) is a squarefree integer such that \(D=m^2+1\) for \(m=1,3,4,5,\dots\) or \(D=n^2-1\) for \(n=2,3,4,5,\dots\). They prove that the units in \(H(\lambda)\) are infinite pure periodic \(\lambda\)-continued fractions and hence can not be cusp points.
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      Hecke groups
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      Fuchsian groups
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      continued fractions
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      cusp points
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