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Congruence subgroup

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A congruence subgroup of SLn​(Z) contains the kernel of reduction modulo some positive integer.
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Principal congruence subgroup (Γ(N))

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Congruence subgroup
The principal congruence subgroup of level N is
Γ(N)=ker(SLn​(Z)⟶SLn​(Z/NZ)).
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It has finite index because the target is finite.

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