On arithmetic lattices in the plane

Abstract

We investigate similarity classes of arithmetic lattices in the plane. We introduce a natural height function on the set of such similarity classes, and give asymptotic estimates on the number of all arithmetic similarity classes, semi-stable arithmetic similarity classes, and well-rounded arithmetic similarity classes of bounded height as the bound tends to infinity. We also briefly discuss some properties of the $j$-invariant corresponding to similarity classes of planar lattices.

13 pages; to appear in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc