Type number for orders of level (N_1,N_2)

Yifan Luo, Haigang Zhou

Published 2024-10-10Version 1

Let $N_1=p_1^{2u_1+1}...p_w^{2u_w+1}$, where the $p_i$ are distinct primes, $u_1,...,u_w$ are nonnegative integers and $w$ is an odd integer, and $N_2$ be a positive integer such that $\gcd(N_1,N_2)=1$. In this paper, we give an explicit formula for the type number, i.e. the number of isomorphism classes, of orders of level $(N_1, N_2)$. The method of proof involves the Siegel-Weil formula for ternary quadratic forms.