Hermite's Constant for Quadratic Number Fields
Baeza, Ricardo ; Coulangeon, Renaud ; Icaza, Maria Ines ; O'Ryan, Manuel
Experiment. Math., Tome 10 (2001) no. 3, p. 543-552 / Harvested from Project Euclid
We develop a method to compute the Hermite-Humbert constants $\gam_{K,n}$ of a real quadratic number field $K$, the analogue of the classical Hermite constant $\gam_n$ when $\funnyQ$ is replaced by a quadratic extension. In the case $n=2$, the problem is equivalent to the determination of lowest points of fundamental domains in $\H^2$ for the Hilbert modular group over $K$, that had been studied experimentally by H. Cohn. We establish the results he conjectured for the fields $ \funnyQ@(\sqrt{2})$, $\funnyQ@(\sqrt{3})$ and $\funnyQ@(\sqrt{5})$. The method relies on the characterization of extreme forms in terms of perfection and eutaxy given by the second author in an earlier paper.
Publié le : 2001-05-14
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Baeza, Ricardo; Coulangeon, Renaud; Icaza, Maria Ines; O'Ryan, Manuel. Hermite's Constant for Quadratic Number Fields. Experiment. Math., Tome 10 (2001) no. 3, pp.  543-552. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1069855254/