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An upper bound on the number of perfect quadratic forms

Number Theory 2020-11-17 v2 Combinatorics Metric Geometry

Abstract

In a recent preprint on arXiv Roland Bacher showed that the number pdp_d of non-similar perfect dd-dimensional quadratic forms satisfies eΩ(d)<pd<eO(d3log(d))e^{\Omega(d)} < p_d < e^{O(d^3\log(d))}. We improve the upper bound to eO(d2log(d))e^{O(d^2\log(d))} by a volumetric argument based on Voronoi's first reduction theory.

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@article{arxiv.1901.04807,
  title  = {An upper bound on the number of perfect quadratic forms},
  author = {Wessel P. J. van Woerden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.04807},
  year   = {2020}
}