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Selectivity in Quaternion Algebras

Number Theory 2012-02-14 v3

Abstract

We prove an integral version of the classical Albert-Brauer-Hasse-Noether theorem regarding quaternion algebras over number fields. Let A\mathfrak A be a quaternion algebra over a number field KK and assume that A\mathfrak A satisfies the Eichler condition; that is, there exists an archimedean prime of KK which does not ramify in A\mathfrak A. Let Ω\Omega be a commutative, quadratic OK\mathcal{O}_K-order and let RA\mathcal{R}\subset \mathfrak A be an order of full rank. Assume that there exists an embedding of Ω\Omega into R\mathcal R. We describe a number of criteria which, if satisfied, imply that every order in the genus of R\mathcal R admits an embedding of Ω\Omega. In the case that the relative discriminant ideal of Ω\Omega is coprime to the level of R\mathcal R and the level of R\mathcal R is coprime to the discriminant of A\mathfrak A, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for an order in the genus of R\mathcal R to admit an embedding of Ω\Omega. We explicitly parameterize the isomorphism classes of orders in the genus of R\mathcal R which admit an embedding of Ω\Omega. In particular, we show that the proportion of the genus of R\mathcal{R} admitting an embedding of Ω\Omega is either 0, 1/2 or 1. Analogous statements are proven for optimal embeddings.

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@article{arxiv.1005.5326,
  title  = {Selectivity in Quaternion Algebras},
  author = {Benjamin Linowitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5326},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

Final version; to appear in the Journal of Number Theory

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