The lattice theta-series root-index conjecture

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Let ΘΛ(x)\Theta_{\Lambda}(x) be the theta series of a dd-dimensional lattice, and let Pn\mathcal{P}_n denote the class of generating functions whose nnth roots have integral coefficients. The lattice theta-series root-index conjecture. If

ΘΛ(x)∈Pn,\Theta_{\Lambda}(x)\in \mathcal{P}_n,

then n≤dn\le d. The authors further conjecture that ΘΛ(x)∈Pn\Theta_{\Lambda}(x)\in\mathcal{P}_n implies that nn divides dd. The stated bound is motivated by examples suggesting that the values of nn in the preceding theorems are best possible for the primes 22, 33, 55, and 77, but neither this bound nor the stronger divisibility assertion is proved in the source.

References

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Nadia Heninger, E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane, “On the Integrality of n-th Roots of Generating Functions”, arXiv:math/0509316 (2006).

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