Arithmetic of arithmetic Coxeter groups

被引:1
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作者
Milea, Suzana [1 ]
Shelley, Christopher D. [1 ]
Weissman, Martin H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Math, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
关键词
arithmetic; Coxeter group; quadratic form; topograph;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.1809537115
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In the 1990s, J. H. Conway published a combinatorial-geometric method for analyzing integer-valued binary quadratic forms (BQFs). Using a visualization he named the "topograph," Conway revisited the reduction of BQFs and the solution of quadratic Diophantine equations such as Pell's equation. It appears that the crux of his method is the coincidence between the arithmetic group PGL(2)(Z) and the Coxeter group of type (3, infinity). There are many arithmetic Coxeter groups, and each may have unforeseen applications to arithmetic. We introduce Conway's topograph and generalizations to other arithmetic Coxeter groups. This includes a study of "arithmetic flags" and variants of binary quadratic forms.
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页码:442 / 449
页数:8
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