Pair-correlation density formula for hyperbolic lattice angles

Let Γ\Gamma be a discrete subgroup of PSL2(R)\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb R) with fundamental domain of finite area VΓV_\Gamma. For a fixed ωH\omega\in\mathbb H, write (M)=d(ω,Mω)\ell(M)=d(\omega,M\omega) for MΓM\in\Gamma. The pair-correlation measure R2(ξ)R_2(\xi) is defined on [0,)[0,\infty) as in the preceding setup.

Pair-correlation density conjecture. The pair-correlation measure R2(ξ)R_2(\xi) exists on [0,)[0,\infty) and is given by a C1C^1 function expressed as a series of three-dimensional volumes. Its density satisfies

g2(ξVΓ)=VΓπξ2MΓfξ((M)),g_2\left(\frac{\xi}{V_\Gamma}\right)=\frac{V_\Gamma}{\pi\xi^2}\sum_{M\in\Gamma}f_\xi\bigl(\ell(M)\bigr),

where, for 0\ell\geq 0 and ξ>0\xi>0,

fξ()={ln(cosh+sinhcosh+sinh2ξ2),if ξ2sinh(2),ln((cosh+sinh)(1+ξ2)(cosh+sinh2ξ2)2),if 2sinh(2)ξsinh,ln(cosh+sinh)=,if sinhξ.f_\xi(\ell)= \begin{cases} \displaystyle \ln\left(\frac{\cosh\ell+\sinh\ell}{\cosh\ell+\sqrt{\sinh^2\ell-\xi^2}}\right),&\text{if }\xi\leq 2\sinh\left(\frac{\ell}{2}\right),\\ \displaystyle \ln\left(\frac{(\cosh\ell+\sinh\ell)(1+\xi^2)}{(\cosh\ell+\sqrt{\sinh^2\ell-\xi^2})^2}\right),&\text{if }2\sinh\left(\frac{\ell}{2}\right)\leq\xi\leq\sinh\ell,\\ \ln(\cosh\ell+\sinh\ell)=\ell,&\text{if }\sinh\ell\leq\xi. \end{cases}

This gives an explicit formula for pair correlations of directions of hyperbolic lattice points for arbitrary discrete finite-covolume subgroups, extending the established modular-group cases and expressing the density through an automorphic-kernel-type series.

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Florin P. Boca, Alexandru A. Popa and Alexandru Zaharescu, “Pair correlation of hyperbolic lattice angles”, arXiv:1302.5067 (2014).

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