Spinor-genus correspondence conjecture for ternary quadratic-form genera

Let G1G_1 and G2G_2 be genera of positive ternary forms whose discriminant ratio is an integral squarefree integer, and suppose they admit a genus-correspondence. A genus-correspondence matches forms in the two genera according to mutual representation of the discriminant-ratio multiple and respects spinor genus when two forms in G1G_1 lie in the same spinor genus if and only if their corresponding forms in G2G_2 do.

Spinor-genus correspondence conjecture. Suppose that G1G_1 and G2G_2 each have exactly two spinor genera. Then G1G_1 has spinor exceptional integers if and only if G2G_2 has spinor exceptional integers, and G1G_1 has splitting integers if and only if G2G_2 has splitting integers. Moreover, the genus-correspondence respects spinor genus. When spinor exceptions exist, the regular spinor genera correspond; when splitting integers exist, the spinor genera with larger weighted representation measures for the smallest splitting integers correspond.

The conjecture is supported by extensive numerical evidence and describes how genus-correspondences preserve the spinor-genus structure. It also accounts for the correspondence of regular spinor genera and the relative representation measures associated with splitting integers.

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William C. Jagy, “Integral Positive Ternary Quadratic Forms”, arXiv:1010.3677 (2012).

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