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Type numbers of locally tiled orders in central simple algebras

Number Theory 2020-10-27 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let AA be a central simple algebra over a number field KK with ring of integers OK\mathcal{O}_K, such that either the degree of the algebra n3n \ge 3, or n=2n=2 and AA is not a totally definite quaternion algebra. Then strong approximation holds in AA, which allows us to describe the genus of an OK\mathcal{O}_K-order ΓA\Gamma \subset A in terms of idelic quotients of the field KK. We consider orders Γ\Gamma that are tiled at every finite place ν\nu of KK and use the Bruhat-Tits building for SLn(Kν)SL_n(K_\nu) to give a geometric description for the local normalizers of Γ\Gamma. We also give explicit formulas and algorithms to compute the type number of Γ\Gamma. Our results generalize work of Vign\'{e}ras for orders in higher degree central simple algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2010.12145,
  title  = {Type numbers of locally tiled orders in central simple algebras},
  author = {Angelica Babei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.12145},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

23 pages, 4 figures. The paper incorporates material from author's PhD thesis