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Arithmetical invariants of local quaternion orders

Volume 186 / 2018

Nicholas R. Baeth, Daniel Smertnig Acta Arithmetica 186 (2018), 143-177 MSC: 16H10, 11R27, 11S45. DOI: 10.4064/aa170601-13-8 Published online: 14 September 2018

Abstract

Let $D$ be a DVR, let $K$ be its quotient field, and let $R$ be a $D$-order in a quaternion algebra $A$ over $K$. The elasticity of $R^\bullet$ is $\rho(R^\bullet) = \sup\{k/l : u_1\cdots u_k = v_1 \cdots v_l$ with $u_i, v_j$ atoms of $R^\bullet$ and $k, l \ge 1\}$ and is one of the basic arithmetical invariants that is studied in factorization theory. We characterize finiteness of $\rho(R^\bullet)$ and show that the set of distances $\Delta(R^\bullet)$ and all catenary degrees $\mathsf c_{\mathsf d}(R^\bullet)$ are finite. In the setting of non-commutative orders in central simple algebras, such results have only been known for hereditary orders and for a few individual examples.

Authors

  • Nicholas R. BaethDepartment of Mathematics
    Franklin & Marshall College
    Lancaster, PA 17604, U.S.A.
    e-mail
  • Daniel SmertnigInstitute for Mathematics and Scientific Computing
    NAWI Graz
    University of Graz
    Heinrichstraße 36
    8010 Graz, Austria
    e-mail

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