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Parametrization of ideal classes in rings associated to binary forms

Number Theory 2010-08-30 v1

Abstract

We give a parametrization of the ideal classes of rings associated to integral binary forms by classes of tensors in Z2\tensorZn\tensorZn\mathbb Z^2\tensor \mathbb Z^n\tensor \mathbb Z^n. This generalizes Bhargava's work on Higher Composition Laws, which gives such parametrizations in the cases n=2,3n=2,3. We also obtain parametrizations of 2-torsion ideal classes by symmetric tensors. Further, we give versions of these theorems when Z\mathbb Z is replaced by an arbitrary base scheme SS, and geometric constructions of the modules from the tensors in the parametrization.

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@article{arxiv.1008.4781,
  title  = {Parametrization of ideal classes in rings associated to binary forms},
  author = {Melanie Matchett Wood},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4781},
  year   = {2010}
}
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