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Type number for orders of level (N_1,N_2)

Number Theory 2026-02-03 v2

Abstract

We establish an explicit formula for the type number of quaternion orders of level (N1,N2)(N_1, N_2), where N1=p12u1+1pw2uw+1N_1 = p_1^{2u_1+1} \cdots p_w^{2u_w+1} (with ui0u_i \geq 0 and ww odd) and gcd(N1,N2)=1\gcd(N_1, N_2) = 1. Our main result generalizes Pizer's work on Eichler orders (where N1N_1 is squarefree) and Boyd's formula (where N1=p2u+1N_1 = p^{2u+1}) to the general case with arbitrary prime powers in N1N_1. The proof introduces a generalization of the modified Hurwitz class number H(N1,N2)(D)H^{(N_1,N_2)}(D), originally defined by Li, Skoruppa and the second author for squarefree levels. Through a bijection between quaternion orders and ternary quadratic forms, we express the type number as a weighted sum of representation numbers, which we evaluate explicitly via the Siegel-Weil formula and local density computations. We compute type numbers for all levels with N1N2100N_1 N_2 \leq 100 and correct four entries in Boyd's 1994 table. As a further application, we classify all 27 pairs (N1,N2)(N_1, N_2) having type number 11, extending the list of 9 squarefree pairs found by Boylan, Skoruppa and the second author.

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@article{arxiv.2410.10882,
  title  = {Type number for orders of level (N_1,N_2)},
  author = {Yifan Luo and Haigang Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.10882},
  year   = {2026}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2402.17443