The group SL₂(𝔽_p) of 2 × 2 matrices of determinant 1 over ℤ/pℤ.
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The "second-largest" singular value σ₁(T_μ) of the convolution operator
T_μ, defined as the supremum of ‖T_μ f‖_{ℓ²} / ‖f‖_{ℓ²} over nonzero
mean-zero f. Smaller σ₁ means better spectral gap / expansion.
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The uniform probability measure on a finite set A ⊆ G:
g ↦ 1/|A| if g ∈ A, else 0.
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Number of edges in the Cayley graph on G with generators A going from
S to T: pairs (s, t) ∈ S × T with s⁻¹ t ∈ A.
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Convolution powers of μ: μ^{*0} is the delta at the identity, and
μ^{*(n+1)} = μ^{*n} * μ.
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If μ is a symmetric measure, then so is each convolution power μ^{*K}.
If μ takes only real values, then each convolution power μ^{*K} is also
real-valued (closed under complex conjugation).
Re-expressing the Cayley edge count via the uniform measure on A:
#E(S, T) = |A| · ∑_{s ∈ S} ∑_{t ∈ T} Re(u_A(s⁻¹ t)).
Weighted Jensen / Cauchy–Schwarz inequality on a finite set with nonnegative
weights w: (∑ w_g x_g)² ≤ (∑ w_g)(∑ w_g x_g²).
Contraction property: if μ is a real, nonnegative probability measure on G,
then convolution by μ is an ℓ²-contraction: ‖T_μ f‖_{ℓ²} ≤ ‖f‖_{ℓ²}.
Expander mixing (sum form). For any finite group G and nonempty A ⊆ G,
the weighted sum ∑_{s ∈ S} ∑_{t ∈ T} u_A(s⁻¹ t) is at least
(1 − σ₁(T_A)) · |S||T| / |G|.
Expansion lower bound (cut form). For any S ⊆ G with complement Sᶜ,
the number of Cayley edges between S and Sᶜ satisfies
|E(S, Sᶜ)| ≥ (1 − σ₁(T_A)) · |A| · |S| · |Sᶜ| / |G|.
For a symmetric, real-valued measure μ,
‖μ^{*K}‖_{ℓ²}² = μ^{*2K}(I), the value of the 2K-fold convolution at the
identity (lemma lem-B_T in the textbook).
Decidable equality on SL₂(𝔽_p) inherited from the underlying matrix subtype.
The set of integer 2 × 2 unimodular matrices g ∈ SL₂(ℤ) of "size" at most
T, i.e. with Frobenius squared norm g₀₀² + g₀₁² + g₁₀² + g₁₁² ≤ ⌊T²⌋.
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The principal congruence subgroup Γ(p) ⊆ SL₂(ℤ): matrices congruent to the
identity modulo p.
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Frobenius dimension bound (lem-rep). Any nontrivial finite-dimensional
complex representation ρ : SL₂(𝔽_p) → U(V) has dimension ≥ (p − 1)/2.
If ‖T_μ f‖_{ℓ²}² ≤ B · ‖f‖_{ℓ²}² for all mean-zero nonzero f, then
σ₁(T_μ)² ≤ B.
Spectral bound on SL₂(𝔽_p). For any μ : SL₂(𝔽_p) → ℂ and any nonzero
mean-zero f, ‖T_μ f‖_{ℓ²}² ≤ 4 p² · ‖μ‖_{ℓ²}² · ‖f‖_{ℓ²}².
Cosets of Γ(p) equidistribute in sl2ZBall T for large T: the number of
elements of sl2ZBall T lying in the congruence subgroup Γ(p) is at most
C · |sl2ZBall T| / p³.
Counting elements of Γ(p) of bounded size: there is C > 0 such that for
all primes p and T > p², |Γ(p) ∩ sl2ZBall T| ≤ C · p⁻³ · T².