Parameters of the two generator discrete elementary groups : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Mathematics at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
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2006
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Let f, g be elements of M, the group of Möbius transformations of the extended complex plane Ĉ = C U ∞. We identify each element of M with a 2 × 2 complex matrix with determinant 1. The three complex numbers, β(f) = tr2
(f) - 4,β(g) = tr2
(g) - 4,γ(f,g) = tr[f,g] - 2, define the group ‹f,g› uniquely up to conjugacy whenever γ(f,g) ≠ 0; where tr(f) and tr(g) denote the traces of representive matrices of f and g respectively, [f,g] denotes the multiplicative commutator fgf-1
g-1
. We call these three complex numbers the parameters of ‹f,g›. This thesis is concerned with the parameters of discrete and elementary subgroups of M.
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Discrete geometry, Group theory, Generators