Even two-elementary lattices #
An even nondegenerate integral lattice L is 2-elementary when its discriminant group
A_L = Lᵛ/L is (ℤ/2)^a. Nikulin attaches to it the invariants (δ; t₊, t₋, a), where
(t₊, t₋) is the signature and δ = 0 exactly when the half-norm discriminant form q_L takes
values in ½ℤ/ℤ. His Theorem 3.6.2 says that an even 2-elementary lattice with invariants
(δ; t₊, t₋, a) exists exactly when seven arithmetic conditions hold:
a ≤ t₊ + t₋;t₊ + t₋ + a ≡ 0 (mod 2);t₊ − t₋ ≡ 0 (mod 4)whenδ = 0;δ = 0andt₊ − t₋ ≡ 0 (mod 8)whena = 0;t₊ − t₋ ≡ ±1 (mod 8)whena = 1;δ = 0whena = 2andt₊ − t₋ ≡ 4 (mod 8);t₊ − t₋ ≡ 0 (mod 8)whenδ = 0anda = t₊ + t₋.
This file records the conditions as the structure TwoElementaryAdmissible, with one field per
clause, and proves that they are necessary. Conditions 2 to 6 follow from Milgram's theorem
sign q_L ≡ t₊ − t₋ (mod 8) together with the decomposition of a nondegenerate 2-elementary
finite quadratic module into the generators q_θ^{(2)}(2), u^{(2)}(2) and v^{(2)}(2).
Conditions 1 and 7 come from the lattice: since 2Lᵛ ⊆ L, the order 2^a of A_L divides the
index 2^{t₊ + t₋} of 2Lᵛ in Lᵛ, and if they are equal then L = 2Lᵛ, so that Lᵛ with the
doubled form is an integral unimodular lattice of the same signature, even when δ = 0.
The boundary clauses 4 to 7 cannot be dropped: the tuples (0; 4, 0, 0), (1; 3, 0, 1),
(1; 4, 0, 2) and (0; 4, 0, 4) satisfy every condition before clause 4, 5, 6 and 7
respectively, and TauCeti.IntegralLattice.not_twoElementaryAdmissible_boundary_witnesses
records that none of them is admissible.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.IntegralLattice.TwoElementaryAdmissible: Nikulin's seven conditions on(δ; t₊, t₋, a).TauCeti.IntegralLattice.TwoElementaryLatticeWithInvariants: an even2-elementary lattice with invariants(δ; t₊, t₋, a)exists.
Main results #
TauCeti.IntegralLattice.four_dvd_sigPos_sub_sigNeg_of_level_dvd_two: an even lattice whose level divides2, that is, whoseq_Ltakes values in½ℤ/ℤ, hast₊ − t₋ ≡ 0 (mod 4). Condition 3 is its2-elementary case.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.four_dvd_finrank_of_level_dvd_two: in particular a positive definite even lattice of level dividing2has rank divisible by4.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.twoElementaryLatticeWithInvariants_iff: the defining characterization of the existence predicate.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.twoElementaryAdmissible_sigPos_sigNeg: the invariants of an even2-elementary lattice satisfy Nikulin's conditions.TauCeti.IntegralLattice.TwoElementaryLatticeWithInvariants.twoElementaryAdmissible: the necessity half of Nikulin's Theorem 3.6.2.
References #
- V. V. Nikulin, Integral symmetric bilinear forms and some of their applications, Theorem 3.6.2.
Nikulin's conditions #
Nikulin's seven conditions on the invariants (δ; t₊, t₋, a) of an even 2-elementary
lattice. Conditions 4 to 7 are boundary clauses at a = 0, a = 1, a = 2 and a = t₊ + t₋.
(1)
a ≤ t₊ + t₋.(2)
t₊ + t₋ + a ≡ 0 (mod 2).(3)
t₊ − t₋ ≡ 0 (mod 4)whenδ = 0.(4)
δ = 0andt₊ − t₋ ≡ 0 (mod 8)whena = 0.(5)
t₊ − t₋ ≡ ±1 (mod 8)whena = 1.(6)
δ = 0whena = 2andt₊ − t₋ ≡ 4 (mod 8).(7)
t₊ − t₋ ≡ 0 (mod 8)whenδ = 0anda = t₊ + t₋.
Instances For
The four boundary witnesses are not admissible: (0; 4, 0, 0), (1; 3, 0, 1),
(1; 4, 0, 2) and (0; 4, 0, 4) fail conditions 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively.
Even lattices of level dividing two #
An even lattice of level dividing 2 has signature divisible by 4. The level divides
2 exactly when q_L takes values in ½ℤ/ℤ, so the Gauss-sum invariant of q_L is 0 or 4,
and by Milgram's theorem it is t₊ − t₋ modulo 8.
The rank of a positive definite even lattice of level dividing 2 is divisible by 4.
Necessity of Nikulin's conditions #
The invariants of an even 2-elementary lattice satisfy Nikulin's conditions. If the
discriminant group of an even nondegenerate lattice L is (ℤ/2)^a, and δ = 0 exactly when
q_L takes values in ½ℤ/ℤ, then (δ; t₊, t₋, a) satisfies TwoElementaryAdmissible.
An even 2-elementary lattice with invariants (δ; t₊, t₋, a) exists. It is a
nondegenerate even lattice in ℚ^{t₊ + t₋} of signature (t₊, 0, t₋) whose discriminant group is
(ℤ/2)^a, and δ = 0 exactly when its half-norm discriminant form takes values in ½ℤ/ℤ.
Instances For
The defining characterization of TwoElementaryLatticeWithInvariants: introduce and
eliminate the existence predicate through its lattice witness.
The necessity half of Nikulin's Theorem 3.6.2: the invariants of an even 2-elementary
lattice satisfy his seven conditions.