PSL(2,ℝ)

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PSL(2,ℝ) is the Lie group of orientation-preserving isometries of the hyperbolic plane, realized as 2×2 real matrices with determinant 1 modulo their center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lie group
center-free group
connected Lie group
linear group
rank-one Lie group
real Lie group
real algebraic group
semisimple Lie group
simple Lie group
actionType orientation-preserving isometries of hyperbolic plane
actsOn Poincaré disk model of hyperbolic plane NERFINISHED
upper half-plane model of hyperbolic plane
CartanDecomposition KAK with K≅SO(2)
definedAs SL(2,ℝ)/{±I} NERFINISHED
dimensionOverℝ 3
fullName projective special linear group of 2×2 real matrices NERFINISHED
fundamentalGroup
hasCenter trivial group
hasKillingFormSignature (2,1)
hasLatticeSubgroups fundamental groups of closed hyperbolic surfaces
hasLieAlgebra sl(2,ℝ) NERFINISHED
hasMaximalCompactSubgroup SO(2) NERFINISHED
hasPropertyT false
hasRealFormOf complex Lie group PSL(2,ℂ)
isAmenable false
isConnected true
isDoubleCoverOf SO⁺(2,1) NERFINISHED
isFuchsianGroupContainer contains discrete subgroups called Fuchsian groups
isGromovHyperbolic false
isIsometryGroupOf hyperbolic plane
isNonCompact true
isomorphicTo Isom⁺(ℍ²) NERFINISHED
orientation-preserving isometry group of hyperbolic plane
isRealPointsOf algebraic group PSL₂ over ℝ NERFINISHED
isSimplyConnected false
isWordHyperbolic false
IwasawaDecomposition KAN with K≅SO(2), A≅ℝ, N≅ℝ
locallyIsomorphicTo SL(2,ℝ) NERFINISHED
SO⁺(2,1) NERFINISHED
quotientBy {±I}
quotientOf SL(2,ℝ) NERFINISHED
realRank 1
universalCover universal covering group of SL(2,ℝ)
usedIn Teichmüller theory NERFINISHED
automorphic forms
hyperbolic geometry
representation theory of Lie groups
theory of Fuchsian groups

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

modular group PSL(2,Z) cofiniteVolumeIn PSL(2,ℝ)
subject surface form: PSL(2,ℤ)
modular group PSL(2,Z) isLatticeIn PSL(2,ℝ)
subject surface form: PSL(2,ℤ)