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Perfect Lattices over Imaginary Quadratic Number Fields

Number Theory 2013-04-03 v1

Abstract

We present an adaptation of Voronoi theory for imaginary quadratic number fields of class number greater than 1. This includes a characterisation of extreme Hermitian forms which is analogous to the classic characterisation of extreme quadratic forms as well as a version of Voronoi's famous algorithm which may be used to enumerate all perfect Hermitian forms for a given imaginary quadratic number field in dimensions 2 and 3. We also present an application of the algorithm which allows to determine generators of the general linear group of an \OK\O_K-lattice.

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@article{arxiv.1304.0559,
  title  = {Perfect Lattices over Imaginary Quadratic Number Fields},
  author = {Oliver Braun and Renaud Coulangeon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.0559},
  year   = {2013}
}
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