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A refinement of B\'ezout's Lemma, and order 3 elements in some quaternion algebras over $\mathbb{Q}$

Number Theory 2021-07-07 v1

Abstract

Given coprime positive integers d,dd',d'', B\'ezout's Lemma tells us that there are integers u,vu,v so that dudv=1d'u-d''v=1. We show that, interchanging dd' and dd'' if necessary, we may choose uu and vv to be Loeschian numbers, i.e., of the form α2|\alpha|^2, where αZ[j]\alpha\in\mathbb{Z}[j], the ring of integers of the number field Q(j)\mathbb{Q}(j), where j2+j+1=0j^2+j+1=0. We do this by using Atkin-Lehner elements in some quaternion algebras H\mathcal{H}. We use this fact to count the number of conjugacy classes of elements of order 3 in an order OH\mathcal{O}\subset\mathcal{H}.

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@article{arxiv.2107.02414,
  title  = {A refinement of B\'ezout's Lemma, and order 3 elements in some quaternion algebras over $\mathbb{Q}$},
  author = {Donald I. Cartwright and Xavier Roulleau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.02414},
  year   = {2021}
}

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