Computing the number of ways of representing primes by a norm form (Q1101481)

In an earlier paper [J. Indian Math. Soc., New. Ser. 40, 87-122 (1976; Zbl 0437.10010)], the author obtained formulae for the number of different integral solutions of the norm forms of some definite quaternion algebras D by making explicit the arithmetic content of the Jacquet-Langlands correspondence between automorphic representations of \(D^{\times}\) and GL(2). The purpose of the present note is to show how these results may be extended to the norm forms of other definite quaternion algebras ramifying at a single finite prime. The crucial extra information is provided by local character formulas of \textit{H. Shimizu} for some of the supercuspidal representations of GL(2) (over a local field) [J. Fac. Sci., Univ. Tokyo, Sect. I A 24, 97-113 (1977; Zbl 0359.10023)]. The author uses these formulas to make completely explicit (a part of) the Jacquet-Langlands correspondence \(\pi\leftrightarrow \pi '\), so that an analysis of the corresponding Hecke operators (at the unramified places) yields the desired formulae for representing these primes by the quaternary form.