farey.xml

<Chapter Label="Farey">
<Heading>Farey symbols and their properties</Heading>

<Index Key="IsFareySymbol"><C>IsFareySymbol</C></Index>
<Index Key="IsFareySymbolDefaultRep"><C>IsFareySymbolDefaultRep</C></Index>

A Farey symbol is a compact and useful way to represent a subgroup 
of finite index in <M>SL_2(&ZZ;)</M> from which one can deduce 
independent generators for this subgroup. It consists of two 
components, namely a so-called generalised Farey sequence 
(<A>gfs</A>) and an ordered list of labels, giving additional 
structure to the <A>gfs</A>.<P/>


A generalised Farey sequence (g.F.S.) is an ordered list of the form 
<M>{ -infinity, x_0, x_1, ... , x_n, infinity }</M>, where<P/> 
1. the <M>x_i = a_i/b_i</M> are rational 
numbers in reduced form arranged in increasing order for 
<M>i = 0, ... , n</M>;<P/> 
2. <M>x_0, ... , x_n \in Z</M>, and some <M>x_i = 0</M>;<P/> 
3. we define <M>x_{-1}=-infinity=-1/0</M> and <M>x_{n+1}=infinity=1/0</M>;<P/> 
4. <M>a_{i+1}b_{i}-a_{i}b_{i+1}=1</M> for <M>i=-1, ... ,n</M>.<P/>


The ordered list of labels of a Farey symbol gives an additional 
structure to the <A>gfs</A>. The labels correspond to each 
consecutive pair of <M>x_i</M>'s and are of the following types:<P/> 
1. even,<P/> 
2. odd,<P/> 
3. a natural number, which occurs in the list 
of labels exactly twice or not at all.<P/>

Note that the actual values of numerical labels are not important;
it is the pairing of two intervals that matters.<P/>


The package &Congruence; provides functions to construct Farey symbols
by the given generalised Farey sequence and corresponding list of
labels. The returned Farey symbol will belong to the category
<C>IsFareySymbol</C> and will have the representation
<C>IsFareySymbolDefaultRep</C>.
 
<Section Label="FareyConstr">
<Heading>Construction of Farey symbols</Heading>
            
<ManSection>
  <Func Name="FareySymbolByData" 
         Arg="gfs labels"/>
  <Description>
This constructor creates the Farey symbol with the given generalized 
Farey sequence and list of labels. It also checks conditions from 
the definition of Farey symbol and returns an error if they are not 
satisfied. The data used to create the Farey symbol are stored as 
its attributes <Ref Attr="GeneralizedFareySequence"/> and <Ref 
Attr="LabelsOfFareySymbol"/>.
  </Description>
</ManSection>    

<Example>
<![CDATA[
gap> fs:=FareySymbolByData([infinity,0,1,2,infinity],[1,2,2,1]);                         
[ infinity, 0, 1, 2, infinity ]
[ 1, 2, 2, 1 ]
]]>
</Example>


<ManSection>
  <Func Name="IsValidFareySymbol" 
         Arg="fs"/>
  <Description>
This function is used in  <Ref Func="FareySymbolByData"/> to validate its output.
  </Description>
</ManSection>

<Example>
<![CDATA[
gap> IsValidFareySymbol(fs);
true
]]>
</Example>

</Section>

<!-- ********************************************************* -->

<Section Label="FareyProperties">
<Heading>Properties of Farey symbols</Heading>

<ManSection>
  <Attr Name="GeneralizedFareySequence" 
         Arg="fs"/>
  <Description>
Returns the generalized Farey sequence <A>gfs</A> of the Farey 
symbol.
  </Description>
</ManSection> 

<Example>
<![CDATA[
gap> GeneralizedFareySequence(fs);
[ infinity, 0, 1, 2, infinity ]
]]>
</Example>


<ManSection>
  <Func Name="NumeratorOfGFSElement" 
         Arg="gfs i"/>
  <Returns>
    integer
  </Returns>         
  <Description>
Returns the numerator of the i-th term of the generalised Farey 
sequence <A>gfs</A>: for the 1st infinite entry returns -1, for the 
last one returns 1, for all other entries returns the usual 
numerator.
  </Description>
</ManSection>

<Example>
<![CDATA[
gap> List([1..5], i -> NumeratorOfGFSElement(GeneralizedFareySequence(fs),i));
[ -1, 0, 1, 2, 1 ]
]]>
</Example>


<ManSection>
  <Func Name="DenominatorOfGFSElement" 
         Arg="gfs i"/>
  <Returns>
    integer
  </Returns>
  <Description>
Returns the denominator of the i-th term of the generalised Farey 
sequence <A>gfs</A>: for both infinite entries returns 0, for the 
other ones returns the usual denominator.
  </Description>
</ManSection>

<Example>
<![CDATA[
gap> List([1..5], i -> DenominatorOfGFSElement(GeneralizedFareySequence(fs),i));         
[ 0, 1, 1, 1, 0 ]
]]>
</Example>


<ManSection>
  <Attr Name="LabelsOfFareySymbol" 
         Arg="fs"/>
  <Description>
Returns the list of labels of the Farey symbol. This list has "odd", 
"even" and paired integers as entries.
  </Description>
</ManSection> 

<Example>
<![CDATA[
gap> LabelsOfFareySymbol(fs);
[ 1, 2, 2, 1 ]
]]>
</Example>

</Section>

</Chapter>