A Thin Fundamental Set for SL(2, Z)

Abstract

Let $\Gamma=SL(2, \mathbb Z)$ and $G=SL(2, \mathbb R)$. Let $g=kan$ be the Iwasawa decomposition. Let $\epsilon$ be a small positive number. In this paper, we construct a fundamental set $\mathcal F_{\epsilon}$ such that the $k$-component of $ g \in \mathcal F_{\epsilon}$ is within the $\epsilon$-distance from the identity. We further prove an inequality for the $L^2$-norm of functions on $G/\Gamma$.