On binary quadratic forms with semigroup property
Number Theory
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
A quadratic form f is said to have semigroup property if its values at points of the integer lattice form a semigroup under multiplication. A problem of V. Arnold is to describe all binary integer quadratic forms with semigroup property. If there is an integer bilinear map s such that f(s(x,y))=f(x)f(y) for all vectors x and y from the integer 2-dimensional lattice, then the form f has semigroup property. We give an explicit description of all pairs (f,s) with the property stated above. We do not know any other examples of forms with semigroup property.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0412145,
title = {On binary quadratic forms with semigroup property},
author = {Francesca Aicardi and Vladlen Timorin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412145},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
v3: minor changes, referenced added; 28 pages, 1 figure