Note on the Siegel formula (Q5960202)

In this short report the author indicates a generalization of the formulae for the covolume of the group \(G(A)\) in \(G(K\otimes\mathbb{R})\) where \(A\) denotes the ring of integers in a totally real algebraic number field \(K\) and \(G\) is a semisimple simply connected algebraic group defined over \(K\). Such formulae are named after C. L. Siegel who proved certain cases for a number of series of \(G\). Here the author regards \(A\) as ``being'' an arithmetic scheme of dimension 1 and discusses what happens when the dimension is 0 or \(>1\).