Polynomial Trace Identities in SL(2,{\bf C}), Quaternion Algebras, and Two-generator Kleinian Groups

DOI10.1201/9781315160658-12zbMATH Open1515.30115arXiv1911.11643MaRDI QIDQ6329909FDOQ6329909

Gaven J. Martin, Timothy H. Marshall

Publication date: 26 November 2019

Abstract: We study certain polynomial trace identities in the group

S L (2, I C)

and their application in the theory of discrete groups. We obtain canonical representations for two generator groups in S 4 and then in S 5 we give a new proof for Gehring and Martin's polynomial trace identities for good words, and extend that result to a larger class which is also closed under a semigroup operation inducing polynomial composition. This new approach is through the use of quaternion algebras over indefinites and an associated group of units. We obtain structure theorems for these quaternion algebras which appear to be of independent interest in S 8. Using these quaternion algebras and their units, we consider their relation to discrete subgroups of

S L (2, I C)

giving necessary and sufficient criteria for discreteness, and another for arithmeticity S 9. We then show that for the groups

I Z_{p} * I Z_{2}

, the complement of the closure of roots of the good word polynomials is precisely the moduli space of geometrically finite discrete and faithful representations a result we show holds in greater generality in S12.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10) Functions of hypercomplex variables and generalized variables (30G35) Kleinian groups (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F40)

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