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The distribution of lattices arising from orders in low degree number fields

Number Theory 2025-07-08 v2

Abstract

Orders in number fields provide natural examples of lattices. We ask: what can the successive minima of lattices arising from orders in number fields be? Given an order O\mathcal{O} of absolute discriminant Δ\Delta in a degree nn number field, let 1=λ0,,λn11=\lambda_0,\dots,\lambda_{n-1} denote the successive minima. For 3n53 \leq n \leq 5 and many groups GSnG \subseteq S_n, we compute asymptotics of the points (logΔλ1,,logΔλn1)Rn1(\log_{ \Delta }\lambda_{1},\dots,\log_{ \Delta }\lambda_{n-1}) \in \mathbb{R}^{n-1} as O\mathcal{O} ranges across orders in degree nn fields with Galois group GG as Δ\Delta \rightarrow \infty. In many cases, we find that the asymptotics, normalized appropriately, are given by a piecewise linear expression and are supported on a finite union of polytopes.

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@article{arxiv.2404.18985,
  title  = {The distribution of lattices arising from orders in low degree number fields},
  author = {Sameera Vemulapalli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.18985},
  year   = {2025}
}

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