Even quadratic forms with cube-free discriminant
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Abstract:
A formula is given for the number of genera of even lattices with rank $n$, signature $s$, and discriminant ${( - 1)^{(n - s)/2}}{d^2}D$, when $dD$ is odd and square-free. In the indefinite case, an orthogonal splitting of these lattices into simple components is also determined.References
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- © Copyright 1989 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 106 (1989), 73-79
- MSC: Primary 11E12
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1989-0955998-5
- MathSciNet review: 955998