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Francesco Polizzi
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Are there noncongruence subgroups (of finite index) of the modular group generated only by 2 or 3 elements?

By the modular group I mean either $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ or $PSL(2,\mathbb{Z})$.

Where can I find examples of these?

Another question: is there a good (ideally analytical, but possibly computer-aided) way to determine if a subgroup of the modular group generated by some given matrices has finite index, and possibly allowing to compute the index?

Will Chen
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