Positive definiteness over ℤ, ℚ and ℝ #
An integral lattice is positive definite when its rational form is
(TauCeti.IntegralLattice.IsPosDef). This file shows that the same condition can be read on every
other model of the lattice form: on the integral norm form of the carrier, on the integral Gram
matrix of any carrier basis, on that Gram matrix with its entries cast to ℝ, and on the base
change of the rational form to ℝ. Base change holds more generally over any linearly ordered
commutative rational algebra with an order-preserving structure map; the real matrix statement
requires the order to be the star order of the trivial star.
The real Gram matrix is the form in which positive definiteness enters analytic arguments in
Euclidean space, and the integral Gram matrix is the form in which it is checked on explicit
lattices; these equivalences let either be used for IsPosDef. Ordered scalar extension uses
LinearMap.BilinForm.posDef_toQuadraticMap_baseChange_iff. The Gram-matrix comparisons use
rational congruence (TauCeti.Matrix.posDef_map_ratCast_iff) and clearing denominators
(TauCeti.Matrix.posDef_map_intCast_iff).
Main results #
TauCeti.IntegralLattice.isPosDef_iff_posDef_gramMatrix: a lattice is positive definite exactly when the integral Gram matrix of a carrier basis is.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.isPosDef_iff_posDef_integralNorm: a lattice is positive definite exactly when its integral norm form is.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.IsPosDef.isPosDef_ofIntegralForm_restrict: the restriction of a positive definite lattice to a submodule of its carrier is positive definite.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.isPosDef_iff_posDef_map_gramMatrix: a lattice is positive definite exactly when its Gram matrix, cast toℝ, is.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.isPosDef_iff_posDef_baseChange: a lattice is positive definite exactly when the base change of its rational form to an ordered rational algebra is, provided its structure map preserves order.
A lattice is positive definite exactly when the integral Gram matrix of a carrier basis is positive definite.
A lattice is positive definite exactly when its integral norm form is, that is, when every nonzero vector of the carrier has positive norm.
A sublattice of a positive definite lattice is positive definite, in the form of the rationalized restriction of the integral form to a submodule of the carrier.
A lattice is positive definite exactly when its real form is, and more generally when its rational form remains positive definite after base change to a linearly ordered commutative rational algebra whose structure map preserves order.
A lattice is positive definite exactly when its Gram matrix, cast to ℝ, is positive
definite, and more generally its cast to any linearly ordered field K whose order is the star
order of the trivial star.