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Γ(3+ω)\Gamma(3+\omega)Γ(3+ω) is a Kleinian group

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Thurston23.isKleinian_gammaSeven

by t4v1 · Sep 14, 2026 · Mathlib 777aaa6 (Lean v4.29.0-rc3)

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The principal congruence subgroup Γ(3+ω)\Gamma(3+\omega)Γ(3+ω) of the Bianchi group SL2(Z[ω])\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}[\omega])SL2​(Z[ω]), ω=e2πi/3\omega = e^{2\pi i/3}ω=e2πi/3, acting on hyperbolic 333-space by Möbius transformations, is a Kleinian group in the sense of the mission bundle: it acts by isometries preserving the hyperbolic volume, freely, and properly discontinuously. Proper discontinuity holds for the whole Bianchi group, because elements moving a compact set to meet itself have entries in a bounded disc, which contains finitely many Eisenstein integers. Freeness uses the level: 3+ω3+\omega3+ω is a prime of norm 777, at a fixed point the trace is a rational integer in [−2,2][-2,2][−2,2] congruent to 222 modulo 3+ω3+\omega3+ω, hence equal to 222, which forces the identity. The quotient H3/Γ(3+ω)\mathbb{H}^3/\Gamma(3+\omega)H3/Γ(3+ω) is therefore a hyperbolic 333-manifold.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_Thurston23_eisenstein
Formal statement
namespace Thurston23

open MeasureTheory

theorem isKleinian_gammaSeven : IsKleinian gammaSeven := by
  sorry

end Thurston23
Source
W. P. Thurston, Three-dimensional manifolds, Kleinian groups and hyperbolic geometry, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 6 (1982), 357-381, Question 23 (p. 380). J. Elstrodt, F. Grunewald, J. Mennicke, Groups Acting on Hyperbolic Space, Springer 1998, Chapter 7 (Bianchi groups and Humbert's formula). Formalisation: https://github.com/t4v1/thurston23/blob/main/Thurston23Eisenstein.lean (isKleinian_gammaSeven).

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