Local densities of alternating forms (Q1823973): Difference between revisions

The theory of zeta functions on the space of alternating matrices over a \({\mathfrak p}\)-adic number field is applied to the calculation of local densities of integral representations of alternating forms in this paper. Let k be a \({\mathfrak p}\)-adic number field, \({\mathfrak o}\) the ring of integers of k, and \({\mathfrak p}\) the unique maximal ideal of \({\mathfrak o}\). Put \(q=N({\mathfrak p})\). Let m and n be positive integers with \(m\geq n\). For nondegenerate alternating matrices A and B of sizes 2m and 2n, respectively, with entries in \({\mathfrak o}\), we define the local density of integral representations of B by A by the limit: \[ \mu (B,A)=\lim_{t\to \infty}(q^{-n(4m-2n+1)})^{\ell} \times \#\{T\in M(2m,2n;{\mathfrak o}/{\mathfrak p}^{\ell});\quad^ tTAT\equiv B (mod {\mathfrak p}^{\ell})\}. \] The main purpose of this paper is to give an explicit formula for \(\mu\) (B,A) in terms of the elementary divisors of A and B. The explicit formula is a little too complicated to write here.