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Lattice invariants from the heat kernel

Number Theory 2009-06-08 v1

Abstract

We derive lattice invariants from the heat flux of a lattice. Using systems of harmonic polynomials, we obtain sums of products of spherical theta functions which give new invariants of integer lattices which are modular forms. In particular, we show that the modular forms Θnn,Λ\Theta_{nn,\Lambda} depend only from lengths and angles in the lattice.

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@article{arxiv.0906.1128,
  title  = {Lattice invariants from the heat kernel},
  author = {Juan Marcos Cerviño and Georg Hein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.1128},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages

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