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Gamma Group

The gamma group $\Gamma$ is the set of all transformations $w$ of the form

\begin{displaymath}
w(t)={at+b\over ct+d},
\end{displaymath}

where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ are Integers and $ad-bc=1$.

See also Klein's Absolute Invariant, Lambda Group, Theta Function


References

Borwein, J. M. and Borwein, P. B. Pi & the AGM: A Study in Analytic Number Theory and Computational Complexity. New York: Wiley, pp. 127-132, 1987.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25