Rank-one integral lattices #
The lattice rankOne a is ℤ ⊂ ℚ with bilinear form B(x,y) = axy, for any integer a.
Integer representatives evaluate the integral form as akl and the integral norm as ak².
Its rank is one, its signed determinant is a, and it is even exactly when a is even.
It is unimodular exactly when a is a unit. The sign of a determines definiteness and
signature, including the degenerate zero form.
This family includes odd lattices as well as the root lattices A₁ = ⟨2⟩ and ⟨-2⟩.
Duality, the cyclic discriminant group, and the level are computed in
TauCeti.LinearAlgebra.IntegralLattice.RankOne.Discriminant.
References #
- W. Ebeling, Lattices and Codes, Chapter 1.
The integral lattice ⟨a⟩: the integers in ℚ, with B(1,1) = a.
The parameter may vanish, giving a degenerate lattice of rank one.
Instances For
Every member of the family has rank one, including the zero form.
The signed determinant of ⟨a⟩ is a.
The nonnegative discriminant of ⟨a⟩ is |a|.
Nonzero parameters give nondegenerate rank-one lattices.
The lattice ⟨a⟩ is unimodular exactly when a is a unit of ℤ.
The positive rank-one root lattice is ⟨2⟩.
The negative rank-one root lattice is ⟨-2⟩.
The zero parameter gives a degenerate rank-one lattice.