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Automorphisms with eigenvalues in $S^1$ of a ${\mathbb Z}$-lattice with cyclic finite monodromy

Number Theory 2018-01-25 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

For any finite set MZ1M\subset {\mathbb Z}_{\geq 1} of positive integers, there is up to isomorphism a unique Z{\mathbb Z}-lattice HMH_M with a cyclic automorphism hM:HMHMh_M:H_M\to H_M whose eigenvalues are the unit roots with orders in MM and have multiplicity 1. The paper studies the automorphisms of the pair (HM,hM)(H_M,h_M) which have eigenvalues in S1S^1. The main result are necessary and sufficient conditions on the set MM such that the only such automorphisms are ±hMk,kZ\pm h_M^k,k\in{\mathbb Z}. The proof uses resultants and cyclotomic polynomials. It is elementary, but involved. Special cases of the main result have been applied to the study of the automorphisms of Milnor lattices of isolated hypersurface singularities.

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@article{arxiv.1801.07924,
  title  = {Automorphisms with eigenvalues in $S^1$ of a ${\mathbb Z}$-lattice with cyclic finite monodromy},
  author = {Claus Hertling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.07924},
  year   = {2018}
}

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33 pages, 4 figures