Splitting off a vector of unit norm #
A nonzero integral vector generates a cyclic lattice with Gram matrix consisting of its norm.
This file identifies the rationalized restricted form on that cyclic submodule with the
Gram-matrix lattice on ℚ, sending 1 to the unit tensor of the chosen vector.
If the norm is a unit of ℤ, hence 1 or -1, the cyclic lattice splits off orthogonally.
The resulting isometry identifies the entire integral lattice with ⟨1⟩ or ⟨-1⟩ plus
its orthogonal complement. Neither nondegeneracy nor definiteness of the ambient form is
needed. These splittings allow unit-norm vectors to be removed in classification arguments.
The construction uses LinearEquiv.toSpanNonzeroSingleton, the abstract-form dictionary
IntegralLattice.ofIntegralForm, and the orthogonal splitting isometry.
The mathematical source is O. T. O'Meara, Introduction to Quadratic Forms, §82.
The cyclic lattice generated by a nonzero integral vector has one-entry Gram matrix equal
to its norm. The isometry sends 1 to the unit tensor of the vector.
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The cyclic isometry sends a rational scalar to the corresponding pure tensor.
The inverse cyclic isometry recovers the coefficient of a pure tensor.
If the nonzero norm of x divides every pairing with x, then L is the orthogonal sum
of ℤ x and its orthogonal complement, so its determinant is the norm of x times the
determinant of that complement.
A vector of norm 1 or -1 splits off its canonical rank-one Gram-matrix lattice.
The other summand is the rationalized integral orthogonal complement of the vector.
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The splitting sends the rank-one coordinate to its multiple of the chosen vector, and a pure tensor in the orthogonal complement to its underlying scalar multiple.
The inverse splitting recovers the rank-one coordinate and the pure tensor in the orthogonal complement.
The first inverse coordinate is the orthogonal projection coefficient, on every rational ambient vector.