Kneser neighbors #
Two integral lattices L and M on the same rational quadratic space are p-neighbors when
their intersection L ∩ M has index p in each of them. Neighbor steps are the moves of
Kneser's method for exploring a genus. This file defines the relation, proves that it is
symmetric, that 1-neighbors are equal, and that neighbors have equal determinants: the
determinant of L ∩ M is both p² det L and p² det M. In particular a neighbor of a unimodular
lattice is unimodular.
The intersection L ∩ M is the integral lattice TauCeti.IntegralLattice.inf from
TauCeti.LinearAlgebra.IntegralLattice.Restriction, carrying the form of L.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.IntegralLattice.IsNeighbor: Kneser'sp-neighbor relation.
Main results #
TauCeti.IntegralLattice.IsNeighbor.symm: the neighbor relation is symmetric.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.IsNeighbor.transport: neighbors transport along rational linear equivalences.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.isNeighbor_one_iff:1-neighbors are equal.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.IsNeighbor.determinant_eq: neighbors have equal determinants.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.IsNeighbor.isUnimodular_iff: neighbors are unimodular together.
References #
- M. Kneser, Klassenzahlen definiter quadratischer Formen, Arch. Math. 8 (1957), 241--250.
- M. Kneser, Quadratische Formen, revised with R. Scharlau, Springer (2002), §28.
- J. Voight, Kneser's method of neighbors, arXiv:2308.11566.
Kneser neighbors. Integral lattices L and M on the same rational quadratic space are
p-neighbors when their intersection has index p in each of them, that is
[L : L ∩ M] = [M : L ∩ M] = p.
Neighbors carry the same rational form.
The intersection has index
pinL.The intersection has index
pinM.
Instances For
The neighbor relation is symmetric.
M is a p-neighbor of L exactly when L is a p-neighbor of M.
Neighbors transport along rational linear equivalences. Transporting two p-neighbors
along the same equivalence of their ambient spaces gives p-neighbors.
The common index of two neighbors is nonzero, since the intersection of two lattices on the same rational space has finite index in each.
Two integral lattices are 1-neighbors exactly when they are equal.
Neighbors have equal determinants. The intersection L ∩ M has determinant
[L : L ∩ M]² det L = [M : L ∩ M]² det M, and both indices equal the nonzero integer p.
Neighbors have equal discriminants.
Neighbors of unimodular lattices are unimodular, since neighbors have equal discriminants.
Two neighbors are unimodular together.