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Ashvin A. Swaminathan

Publications and source records attributed to Ashvin A. Swaminathan.

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arXiv2025

A parametrization of $3$-class groups of quadratic rings over Dedekind domains

Let $R$ be a Dedekind domain with field of fractions $K$ and $\operatorname{char}(R)\neq3$. In this paper, we generalize Bhargava's parametrization of $3$-torsion ideal classes by binary cubic forms to work over $R$. Specifically, we construct arithmetic subgroups of $\operatorname{GL}_2(K)$ whose actions on certain lattices of binary cubic forms over $K$ parametrize $3$-torsion ideal classes in class groups of quadratic rings over $R$.

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arXiv2025

Counting integral points on symmetric varieties with applications to arithmetic statistics

In this article, we combine Bhargava's geometry-of-numbers methods with the dynamical point-counting methods of Eskin--McMullen and Benoist--Oh to develop a new technique for counting integral points on symmetric varieties lying within fundamental domains for coregular representations. As applications, we study the distribution of the $2$-torsion subgroup of the class group in thin families of cubic number fields, as well as the distribution of the $2$-Selmer groups in thin families of elliptic curves over $\mathbb{Q}$. For example, our results suggest that the existence of a generator of the ring of integers with small norm has an increasing effect on the average size of the $2$-torsion subgroup of the class group, relative to the Cohen--Lenstra predictions.

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arXiv2024

A positive proportion of monic odd-degree hyperelliptic curves of genus $g \geq 4$ have no unexpected quadratic points

Let $\mathcal{F}_g$ be the family of monic odd-degree hyperelliptic curves of genus $g$ over $\mathbb{Q}$. Poonen and Stoll have shown that for every $g \geq 3$, a positive proportion of curves in $\mathcal{F}_g$ have no rational points except the point at infinity. In this note, we prove the analogue for quadratic points: for each $g\geq 4$, a positive proportion of curves in $\mathcal{F}_g$ have no points defined over quadratic extensions except those that arise by pulling back rational points from $\mathbb{P}^1$.

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arXiv2022

Hermite equivalence of polynomials

In this paper, we resurrect a long-forgotten notion of equivalence for univariate polynomials with integral coefficients introduced by Hermite in the 1850s. We show that the Hermite equivalence class of a polynomial has a very natural interpretation in terms of the invariant ring and invariant ideal associated with the polynomial. We apply this interpretation to shed light on the relationship between Hermite equivalence and more familiar notions of polynomial equivalence, such as ${\rm GL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$- and $\mathbb{Z}$-equivalence. Specifically, we prove that ${\rm GL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$-equivalent polynomials are Hermite equivalent and, for polynomials of degree $2$ or $3$, the converse is also true. On the other hand, for every $n\geq 4$, we give infinite collections of examples of polynomials $f,g\in \mathbb{Z}[X]$ of degree $n$ that are Hermite equivalent but not ${\rm GL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$-equivalent.

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