Zeta functions of quadratic lattices of a hyperbolic plane

Abstract

In this paper, we study the Dirichlet series that enumerates proper equivalence classes of full-rank sublattices of a given quadratic lattice in a hyperbolic plane -- that is, a nondegenerate isotropic quadratic space of dimension $2$. We derive explicit formulas for the associated zeta functions and obtain a combinatorial way to compute them. Their analytic properties lead to the intriguing consequence that a large proportion of proper classes are one-lattice classes.