The quadratic order of a binary integral lattice #
The primitive norm discriminant Δ determines the embedded order ℤ[(Δ + √Δ)/2]
in its rational quadratic algebra. This order is free of rank two and has trace-pairing
discriminant Δ, with integral basis 1, (Δ + √Δ)/2.
For a nondegenerate lattice the rational algebra is étale. A nonsquare discriminant returns the actual number-field order, whose conductor is generated by its index in the maximal order. It is maximal precisely for fundamental discriminants. A square discriminant returns an integer congruence product order through the rational splitting equivalence.
References #
- D. A. Cox, Primes of the Form x² + ny², §7.
The canonical quadratic order of the primitive norm discriminant of the lattice.
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The lattice order is the quadratic order of its primitive discriminant.
Members of the lattice order have integral coefficients in its two generators.
The lattice order is generated by its half-integral square root.
The lattice order has an integral basis of size two.
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The lattice order is finite over the integers.
The lattice order is free over the integers.
The first integral basis vector of the lattice order is one.
The second integral basis vector is the half-integral square root generator.
The primitive lattice discriminant is the actual trace-pairing order discriminant.
The nondegenerate lattice's rational quadratic algebra is étale.
A nonsquare primitive discriminant determines the actual number-field order.
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The nonsquare field order has the common lattice order as its embedded carrier.
The field order's discriminant equals the primitive lattice discriminant.
The conductor of the nonsquare lattice order is generated by its index in the maximal order.
In the field branch, maximality is precisely fundamentalness of the primitive discriminant.
A nonzero square primitive discriminant returns an explicit integer congruence product order, independently of the field-order interface.