The LMS JCM, (12) 264-274. Published 21 Nov 2009. First received 12 Sep 2007.


On conjugacy classes of congruence subgroups of PSL(2,R)

C. J. Cummins



Abstract: Let G be a subgroup of PSL(2,R) which is commensurable with PSL(2,Z). We say that G is a congruence subgroup of PSL(2,R) if G contains a principal congruence subgroup \overline Γ(N) for some N. An algorithm is given for determining whether two congruence subgroups are conjugate in PSL(2,R). This algorithm is used to determine the PSL(2,R) conjugacy classes of congruence subgroups of genus-zero and genus-one. The results are given in a table.

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