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Arithmetic invariants of Euclidean lattice

Algebraic Geometry 2025-12-04 v1

Abstract

In this paper we study the arithmetic invariants of Euclidean lattice in the context of Arakelov geometry. We regard a Euclidean lattice as a hermitian vector bundle Eˉ\bar E on Spec(Z){\rm Spec}(\mathbb{Z}) and consider two typical arithmetic analogues of the dimension of the space of global sections of a vector bundle on an algebraic curve. One is hAr0(Eˉ):=logEB1h^0_{\rm Ar}(\bar E):=\log \vert E\cap B_1 \vert where B1B_1 is the unit ball, and the other is hθ0(Eˉ):=logvEeπv2h^0_{\theta}(\bar{E}):=\log\sum_{v\in E}e^{-\pi\Vert v\Vert^2} where vEeπv2\sum_{v\in E}e^{-\pi\Vert v\Vert^2} is the theta function of Eˉ\bar E. In this paper, we shall prove the following three statements: (i) the fact that one can not reach an absolute Riemann-Roch theorem for hAr0(Eˉ)h^0_{\rm Ar}(\bar E) is an instance of the Heissenberg uncertainty principle; (ii) the finiteness of equivalence classes in the genus of a positive quadratic form defined over Z\mathbb{Z} is equivalent to the finiteness of certain isometry classes of hermitian vector bundles on Spec(Z){\rm Spec}(\mathbb{Z}), and it can be deduced from a finiteness theorem in Arakelov theory of Spec(Z){\rm Spec}(\mathbb{Z}); (iii) for any smooth function ff on R+\mathbb{R}_{+} such that f>0f>0 and that fexpf\circ {\rm exp} is a Schwartz function on R\mathbb{R}, the Mellin transform of ff can be written as an integral over the Arakelov divisor class group of Spec(Z){\rm Spec}(\mathbb{Z}).

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@article{arxiv.2512.03488,
  title  = {Arithmetic invariants of Euclidean lattice},
  author = {Shun Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.03488},
  year   = {2025}
}

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16 pages

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