Multivariate Lucas polynomials and ideal classes in quadratic number fields
Author(s) -
Ayberk Zeytin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
turkish journal of mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6149
pISSN - 1300-0098
DOI - 10.3906/mat-1608-65
Subject(s) - mathematics , fibonacci number , fibonacci polynomials , lucas number , lucas sequence , pisano period , ideal (ethics) , combinatorics , quadratic equation , rational number , polynomial , binary quadratic form , discrete mathematics , pure mathematics , algebra over a field , classical orthogonal polynomials , quadratic function , orthogonal polynomials , mathematical analysis , philosophy , geometry , epistemology
In this work, by using Pauli matrices, we introduce four families of polynomials indexed over the positive integers. These polynomials have rational or imaginary rational coefficients. It turns out that two of these families are closely related to classical Lucas and Fibonacci polynomial sequences and hence to Lucas and Fibonacci numbers. We use one of these families to give a geometric interpretation of the 200 years old class number problems of Gauss, which is equivalent to the study of narrow ideal classes in real quadratic number fields.
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