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Classification of one-class spinor genera for quaternary quadratic forms

Number Theory 2019-04-18 v2

Abstract

A quadratic form has a one-class spinor genus if its spinor genus consists of a single equivalence class. In this paper, we determine that there is only one primitive quaternary genus which has a one-class spinor genus but not a one-class genus. In all other cases, the genera of primitive quaternary lattices either have a genus and spinor genus which coincide, or the the genus splits into multiple spinor genera, which in turn split into multiple equivalence classes.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1803.03028,
  title  = {Classification of one-class spinor genera for quaternary quadratic forms},
  author = {A. G. Earnest and Anna Haensch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.03028},
  year   = {2019}
}
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