The converse between semigroup property and integer normed pairings for quadratic forms

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Let f:R2Rf:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R} be an integer quadratic form, meaning that its coefficients are integers. The form ff has semigroup property if the product of any two values represented by ff is again represented by ff. An integer normed pairing with respect to ff is a bilinear map s:R2×R2R2s:\mathbb{R}^2\times\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}^2 that maps Z2×Z2\mathbb{Z}^2\times\mathbb{Z}^2 into Z2\mathbb{Z}^2 and satisfies

f(s(x,y))=f(x)f(y)f(s(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}))=f(\mathbf{x})f(\mathbf{y})

for all x,yR2\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}\in\mathbb{R}^2. Conjecture. If an integer quadratic form has semigroup property, then it admits an integer normed pairing. The claim would establish the converse of the sufficient condition discussed in the surrounding text: every integer quadratic form with semigroup property would arise from such a bilinear multiplicative structure. The source does not provide evidence of resolution, so the conjecture is treated as open.

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Francesca Aicardi and Vladlen Timorin, “On binary quadratic forms with semigroup property”, arXiv:math/0412145 (2005).

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