Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4593513 Journal of Number Theory 2015 27 Pages PDF
Abstract

We state and prove an identity which connects theta series associated with binary quadratic forms of idoneal discriminants Δ and Δp2Δp2, for p a prime. Employing this identity, we extend the results of Toh [8] by writing the theta series of forms of discriminant Δp2Δp2 as a linear combination of Lambert series. We then use these Lambert series decompositions to give explicit representation formulas for the forms of discriminant Δp2Δp2. Lastly, we give a generalization of our main identity, which employs a map of Buell [4] to connect forms of discriminant Δ to Δp2Δp2. Our generalized identity links theta series associated with a single form of discriminant Δ to a theta series associated with forms of discriminant Δp2Δp2, where Δ and Δp2Δp2 are no longer required to be idoneal.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory
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