On indecomposable positive definite integral Hermitian forms (Q2367864)

Let \(F= \mathbb{Q}(i \sqrt{m})\) (\(i^ 2=-1\), \(m>0\) and square free) be an imaginary quadratic field and \(R_ m\) its ring of algebraic integers. Let \(V\) be a positive definite Hermitian space over \(F\) equipped with a semi-bilinear form \(\varphi\) and the associated Hermitian form \(h\). Let \(L\) be an \(R_ m\)-lattice on \(V\). A lattice \(L\) is said to be indecomposable if it has no non-trivial expression of the form \(L= M\perp N\) (an orthogonal sum of smaller ranks). The paper presents an \(n\)-ary Hermitian form \(h(X)\) over \(R_ m\) with few unknown coefficients and then states sufficient conditions of being positive definite and nondecomposable. The results given in this paper are only the announcements. The main results read: (i) for any natural number \(n\geq 2\) and for any \(a\) (except a finite number) there are \(n\)- ary indecomposable positive definite Hermitian \(R_ m\)-lattices \(L\) with the discriminant \(a\), (ii) for any natural numbers \(n\) and \(a\), there are \(n\)-ary indecomposable positive definite Hermitian \(R_ m\)-lattices \((m=1,2)\) of discriminant \(a\), but for very few finite exceptional \(a\)'s and \(n\)'s. And in these exceptional cases there are no lattices with such discriminant \(a\).