Clifford algebras and Shimura's lift for Theta-series

Abstract

In this paper we use automorph class theory formalism to construct a lifting of similitudes of quadratic Z-modules of arbitrary ternary nondegenerate quadratic forms to morphisms between certain subrings of associated Clifford algebras. The construction explains and generalizes Shimura's correspondence in the case of theta-series of positive-definite quadratic forms. Relations between associated zeta-functions are considered.