Real components of modular curves

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2011-08-16

arxiv.org/abs/1108.3131v1

Mathematics

Number Theory

33 pages, 4 tables

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We study the real components of modular curves. Our main result is an abstract group-theoretic description of the real components of a modular curve defined by a congruence subgroup of level N in terms of the corresponding subgroup of SL_2(Z/NZ). We apply this result to several families of modular curves (such as X_0(N), X_1(N), etc.) to obtain formulas for the number of real components. Somewhat surprisingly, the multiplicative order of 2 modulo N has a strong influence in many cases: for instance, if N is an odd prime then the real locus of X_1(N) is connected if and only if -1 and 2 generate (Z/NZ)^*.

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