Cubes of integral vectors in dimension four

DOI10.1556/SSCMATH.49.2012.4.1225MaRDI QIDQ2859352zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emil W. Kiss, Péter Kutas

Publication date 7 November 2013

Published in Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3113

zbMATH Keywords

Hurwitz integral quaternionintegral cube

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Counting solutions of Diophantine equations (11D45) Quaternion and other division algebras: arithmetic, zeta functions (11R52) Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07)

Abstract: A system of $m$ nonzero vectors in $mathbb{Z}^n$ is called an $m$-icube if they are pairwise orthogonal and have the same length. The paper describes $m$-icubes in $mathbb{Z}^4$ for $2lemle4$ using Hurwitz integral quaternions, counts the number of them with given edge length, and proves that unlimited extension is possible in $mathbb{Z}^4$.

Review text

For \(1 \leq m \leq 4\), the \(m\)-tuple \((v_1, \dots, v_m)\) of vectors \(v_i \in \mathbb Z^4\) are called an \(m\)-icube, if these vectors are pairwise orthogonal and have the same length.NEWLINENEWLINEIn this paper it is shown that for \(1 \leq m \leq 3\) every \(m\)-icube in \(\mathbb Z^4\) can be extended to a \(4\)-icube. Furthermore, for every \(1 \leq m \leq 4\) and \(N \in \mathbb N\), the authors give a formula for \(f_m(N)\), the number of \(m\)-icubes with vectors of length \(\sqrt N\). It turns out that there are constants \(c_m\) such that \(f_m(N)/c_m\) is a multiplicative function. The formula for \(f_1(N)\) goes back to Jacobi.NEWLINENEWLINEThe proof makes intensive use of the arithmetic of Hurwitz integral quaternions and its subring of Lipschitz quaternions, i.e. quaternions with integral coefficients.

Recommendations

• Sums of squares and orthogonal integral vectors
• Extendable orthogonal sets of integral vectors
• Extended Lagrange's four-square theorem
• Orthogonal vectors in the n-dimensional cube and codes with missing distances
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1106894

Cited in

(4)

• Extendable orthogonal sets of integral vectors
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1106894 (Why is no real title available?)
• Cubic sublattices
• Sums of squares and orthogonal integral vectors

This page was built for publication: Cubes of integral vectors in dimension four

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2859352)