Selectivity in Quaternion Algebras
Abstract
We prove an integral version of the classical Albert-Brauer-Hasse-Noether theorem regarding quaternion algebras over number fields. Let be a quaternion algebra over a number field and assume that satisfies the Eichler condition; that is, there exists an archimedean prime of which does not ramify in . Let be a commutative, quadratic -order and let be an order of full rank. Assume that there exists an embedding of into . We describe a number of criteria which, if satisfied, imply that every order in the genus of admits an embedding of . In the case that the relative discriminant ideal of is coprime to the level of and the level of is coprime to the discriminant of , we give necessary and sufficient conditions for an order in the genus of to admit an embedding of . We explicitly parameterize the isomorphism classes of orders in the genus of which admit an embedding of . In particular, we show that the proportion of the genus of admitting an embedding of is either 0, 1/2 or 1. Analogous statements are proven for optimal embeddings.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.5326,
title = {Selectivity in Quaternion Algebras},
author = {Benjamin Linowitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5326},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Final version; to appear in the Journal of Number Theory