Representation masses of spinor genera
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Representation masses of spinor genera
zbMATH Open document ID: 1021.11008
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-01-11024-7
author: Fei Xu
published in: Duke Mathematical Journal
publication date: 2002-10-27T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(f\) be an integral quadratic form of rank \(n\). The Minkowski-Siegel mass formula provides a means of determining the representation measure (or mass) of an integer \(c\) by the genus of \(f\) by expressing this quantity as a product of local factors. This method has subsequently been extended, via a mass formula involving quadratic characters, to study the corresponding representation measures of \(c\) by the spinor genera within the genus of \(f\). When \(n \geq 4\), these measures are equal for all spinor genera in the genus of \(f\). However, when \(n=3\) it can happen that two different values of this measure occur within a genus, each occurring for exactly half of the spinor genera in the genus. In this case, the integer \(c\) is referred to as a splitting integer for the genus. In [J. Reine Angew. Math. 352, 114-132 (1984; Zbl 0533.10016)], \textit{R. Schulze-Pillot} studied the difference between the values of the two measures in such a case, expressing this difference as a product of local factors. The present paper extends much of this previous theory to the general context of representations of a quadratic lattice of arbitrary rank by the spinor genera within a genus of lattices of greater or equal rank, and goes on to investigate the case in which the represented lattice has codimension less than 2. More specifically, let \(F\) be an algebraic number field with ring of integers \(o_F\), let \(L\) be an \(o_F\)-lattice of rank \(n\) on a nondegenerate quadratic space \(V\) over \(F\), and let \(K\) be a sublattice of \(L\) of rank \(k\). The author considers the values taken on by the representation measure \(r(K, \text{spn}^+(M))\), as \(\text{spn}^+(M)\) ranges over the proper spinor genera in the genus gen(\(L\)). The paper is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the codimension 2 case (i.e., \(n-k=2\)). Here \(r(K, \text{spn}^+(M))\) takes on at most two distinct values as \(M\) ranges over the lattices in gen(\(L\)); \(K\) is said…
reviewed by: Andrew G. Earnest
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11E12
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11E08
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11E25
zbMATH DE Number: 1820856
zbMATH Keywords: integral quadratic form
zbMATH Keywords: representation mass
zbMATH Keywords: spinor genus
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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