TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermodynamic formalism and Selberg's zeta function for modular groups
AU - Chang, Cheng-Hung
AU - Mayer, D.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - In the framework of the thermodynamic formalism for dynamical systems [26] Selberg's zeta function [29] for the modular group PSL(2, ℤ) can be expressed through the Fredholm determinant of the generalized Ruelle transfer operator for the dynamical system defined by the geodesic flow on the modular surface corresponding to the group PSL(2, ℤ) [19]. In the present paper we generalize this result to modular subgroups Γ with finite index of PSL(2, ℤ). The corresponding surfaces of constant negative curvature with finite hyperbolic volume are in general ramified covering surfaces of the modular surface for PSL(2, ℤ). Selberg's zeta function for these modular subgroups can be expressed via the generalized transfer operators for PSL(2, ℤ) belonging to the representation of PSL(2, ℤ) induced by the trivial representation of the subgroup Γ. The decomposition of this induced representation into its irreducible components leads to a decomposition of the transfer operator for these modular groups in analogy to a well known factorization formula of Venkov and Zograf for Selberg's zeta function for modular subgroups [34].
AB - In the framework of the thermodynamic formalism for dynamical systems [26] Selberg's zeta function [29] for the modular group PSL(2, ℤ) can be expressed through the Fredholm determinant of the generalized Ruelle transfer operator for the dynamical system defined by the geodesic flow on the modular surface corresponding to the group PSL(2, ℤ) [19]. In the present paper we generalize this result to modular subgroups Γ with finite index of PSL(2, ℤ). The corresponding surfaces of constant negative curvature with finite hyperbolic volume are in general ramified covering surfaces of the modular surface for PSL(2, ℤ). Selberg's zeta function for these modular subgroups can be expressed via the generalized transfer operators for PSL(2, ℤ) belonging to the representation of PSL(2, ℤ) induced by the trivial representation of the subgroup Γ. The decomposition of this induced representation into its irreducible components leads to a decomposition of the transfer operator for these modular groups in analogy to a well known factorization formula of Venkov and Zograf for Selberg's zeta function for modular subgroups [34].
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U2 - 10.1070/RD2000v005n03ABEH000150
DO - 10.1070/RD2000v005n03ABEH000150
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001373445
SN - 1560-3547
VL - 5
SP - 281
EP - 312
JO - Regular and Chaotic Dynamics
JF - Regular and Chaotic Dynamics
IS - 3
ER -