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 | | The trace of an element in SL[2,Z] is the sum of the two main diagonal entries, i.e., a+d. |
 | | In linear algebra, the trace is the sum of all eigenvalues, that is, the dilations in all "stable" directions for the transformation. |
 | | The three possible types of actions are referred to as elliptic/rotations, as for the first two family members of {f_n=-1/z+n}, parabolic/infinite cyclic, as for the third member of the family, and hyperbolic/pushing forward, as for all other family members. |
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