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On the minima of positive definite binary hamiltonian forms

Number Theory 2019-05-14 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let AA be a definite quaternion algebra over Q\mathbb Q, with discriminant DAD_A, and OO a maximal order of AA. We show that the minimum of the positive definite hamiltonian binary forms over OO with discrimiminant 1-1 is DA\sqrt{D_A}. When the different of OO is principal, we provide an explicit form representing this minimum, and when OO is principal, we give the list of the equivalence classes of all such forms. We also give criteria and algorithms to determine when the different of OO is principal.

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@article{arxiv.1905.04881,
  title  = {On the minima of positive definite binary hamiltonian forms},
  author = {Gaëtan Chenevier and Frédéric Paulin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.04881},
  year   = {2019}
}

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