AreFor which $n$ is the "principal congruence subgroups"subgroup" $\Gamma(n)\le SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$$\Gamma(n)\le \mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$, the subgroup consisting of matrices congruent to the identity modulo $n$, characteristic?
Ie I.e., are they left invariantfor which $n$ is $\Gamma(n)$ stable (as a set) byunder all automorphisms of $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$$\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$?
Here $\Gamma(n)$ is the subgroup consisting of matrices congruent to the identity mod $n$.