Ohno–Nakagawa reflection conjecture for odd-dimensional symmetric-matrix boxes

Let nn be a positive odd integer. Let ff be a polynomial of degree nn with no multiple roots and only one real root. A 2×n×n2\times n\times n box is a pair (A,B)(A,B) of n×nn\times n integer symmetric matrices with resolvent det(AxB)\det(Ax-B). Let h(f)h(f) be the number of such boxes with resolvent ff, up to equivalence, weighted by the reciprocal of the number of symmetries, and let h2(f)h_2(f) count those whose diagonal entries in both AA and BB are even, with the same weighting. Ohno–Nakagawa reflection conjecture for 2×n×n2\times n\times n boxes.

h2(2n1f)=2n12h(f).h_2(2^{n-1}f)=2^{\frac{n-1}{2}}h(f).

The claim extends the Ohno–Nakagawa reflection phenomenon from cubic and quartic parametrizations to symmetric-matrix boxes of every positive odd size. The paper states that the n=3n=3 case is nearly proved, while larger cases are far from proved.

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Evan M. O'Dorney, “Reflection theorems for number rings”, arXiv:2107.04727 (2022).

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