Linear Fractional Transformations

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Richard Beals ◽  
Roderick S. C. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Linear Fractional Transformations

Note on Best Approximation of |x|

1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-366
Author(s):  
Colin Bennett ◽  
Karl Rudnick ◽  
Jeffrey D. Vaaler
Keyword(s):  
General Problem ◽  
Uniform Approximation ◽  
Best Approximation ◽  
Best Uniform Approximation ◽  
Linear Fractional Transformations ◽  
Symmetric Complex ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Complex Valued ◽  
Special Case

In this note the best uniform approximation on [—1,1] to the function |x| by symmetric complex valued linear fractional transformations is determined. This is a special case of the more general problem studied in [1]. Namely, for any even, real valued function f(x) on [-1,1] satsifying 0 = f ( 0 ) ≤ f (x) ≤ f (1) = 1, determine the degree of symmetric approximationand the extremal transformations U whenever they exist.

scholarly journals Groups generated by elements with rational fixed points

1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Normal Subgroup ◽  
Fixed Points ◽  
Large Class ◽  
Integral Domain ◽  
Structure Theorem ◽  
Quotient Field ◽  
Linear Fractional Transformations ◽  
Krull Domain ◽  
Dedekind Domains ◽  
Precise Version

Let R be a commutative integral domain and let S be its quotient field. The group GL2(R) acts on Ŝ = S ∪ {∞} as a group of linear fractional transformations in the usual way. Let F2(R, z) be the stabilizer of z ∈ Ŝ in GL2(R) and let F2(R) be the subgroup generated by all F2(R, z). Among the subgroups contained in F2(R) are U2(R), the subgroup generated by all unipotent matrices, and NE2(R), the normal subgroup generated by all elementary matrices.We prove a structure theorem for F2(R, z), when R is a Krull domain. A more precise version holds when R is a Dedekind domain. For a large class of arithmetic Dedekind domains it is known that the groups NE2(R),U2(R) and SL2(R) coincide. An example is given for which all these subgroups are distinct.

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