Genus-correspondences respecting spinor genus

preprint2016arXivOpen access

Abstract

For two positive definite integral ternary quadratic forms ff and gg and a positive integer nn, if n⋅gn\cdot g is represented by ff and n⋅dg=dfn\cdot dg=df, then the pair (f,g)(f,g) is called a representable pair by scaling nn. The set of all representable pairs in gen(f)×gen(g)\text{gen}(f)\times \text{gen}(g) is called a genus-correspondence. Jagy conjectured that if nn is square free and the number of spinor genera in the genus of ff equals to the number of spinor genera in the genus of gg, then such a genus-correspondence respects spinor genus in the sense that for any representable pairs (f,g),(f′,g′)(f,g), (f',g') by scaling nn, f′∈spn(f)f' \in \text{spn}(f) if and only if g′∈spn(g)g' \in \text{spn}(g). In this article, we show that by giving a counter example, Jagy's conjecture does not hold. Furthermore, we provide a necessary and sufficient condition for a genus-correspondence to respect spinor genus.

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