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Witt's Theorem for Symplectic Modular Forms1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

D. G. James
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
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Let L denote a free Z-module of rank 2n and Φ an alternating bilinear mapping from L×L into the rational integers Z. Writing α · β for Φ(α, β), where α, β ∈ L, we have We shall assume that Φ is non-singular and unimodular (see Bourbaki [1]). L is now a (symplectic) lattice.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1969

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