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A free Kleinian group generated by two parabolic transformations (⟨z↦z+2, z↦z/(2z+1)⟩≅F2​)

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The integer matrices A=(10​21​) and B=(12​01​) generate a discrete subgroup. For every nonzero integer m, Am sends ∣x∣<1 into ∣x∣>1, while Bm sends ∣x∣>1, including infinity, into ∣x∣<1. The ping-pong lemma identifies their subgroup as the free product of two infinite cyclic groups. This separates the proof of discreteness from the proof of freeness.

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