Dedekind sums and quadratic residue symbols of imaginary quadratic fields (Q1179717)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Dedekind sums and quadratic residue symbols of imaginary quadratic fields
scientific article

    Statements

    Dedekind sums and quadratic residue symbols of imaginary quadratic fields (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    27 June 1992
    0 references
    Let \(K\) be an imaginary quadratic field, \({\mathcal O}_ K\) its ring of integers and \(\Gamma(8)\) the principal congruence subgroup of level 8 of \(SL(2,{\mathcal O}_ K)\). The main result of this paper is the ``lifting'' of the Kubota homomorphism \(\chi:\Gamma(8)\to\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\) to a homomorphism \(\Phi:\Gamma(8)\to\mathbb{Z}\). This is accomplished by considering the generalized Dedekind sums of \textit{R. Sczech} [Invent. Math. 76, 523-551 (1984; Zbl 0521.10021)] and recognizing a) that these sums are homomorphisms from \(\Gamma(8)\) to the additive group of \(\mathbb{C}\), b) certain linear combinations of these Dedekind sums/homomorphisms provide the necessary lift.
    0 references
    lattices
    0 references
    Eisenstein series
    0 references
    congruence subgroup of level 8
    0 references
    lifting
    0 references
    Kubota homomorphism
    0 references
    generalized Dedekind sums
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references