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| Jul 28, 2012 at 19:23 | comment | added | Marc Palm | They are called that way because they are elliptic elements of $\SL_2(\mathbb{R})$. It is usual to call elements in $GL(n)$ or $SL(n)$ with irreducible characteristic polynomial elliptic. | |
| Apr 17, 2012 at 22:40 | comment | added | aglearner | Johannas, thanks for your answer. Sure, in case of dimension 2 "elliptic point" sounds like a reasonable name. But I never saw this terminology used for orbifolds of dimension more than 2. | |
| Apr 17, 2012 at 22:27 | history | answered | Johannas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |