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Kleinian Group


A finitely generated discontinuous group of linear fractional transformations z->(az+b)/(cz+d) acting on a domain in the complex plane.

The Apollonian gasket corresponds to a limit set that is invariant under a Kleinian group (Wolfram 2002, p. 986).


See also

Apollonian Gasket, Linear Fractional Transformation

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References

Ford, L. R. Automorphic Functions, 2nd ed. New York: Chelsea, 1951.Iyanaga, S. and Kawada, Y. (Eds.). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 425, 1980.Kra, I. Automorphic Forms and Kleinian Groups. Reading, MA: W. A. Benjamin, 1972.Mumford, D.; Series, C.; and Wright, D. J. Indra's Pearls: An Atlas of Kleinian Groups. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002.Wolfram, S. A New Kind of Science. Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, p. 986, 2002.

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