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Binary forms with three different relative ranks

Algebraic Geometry 2016-08-31 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Suppose f(x,y)f(x,y) is a binary form of degree dd with coefficients in a field KCK \subseteq \mathbb C. The KK-rank of ff is the smallest number of dd-th powers of linear forms over KK of which ff is a KK-linear combination. We prove that for d5d \ge 5, there always exists a form of degree dd with at least three different ranks over various fields. The KK-rank of a form ff (such as x3y2x^3y^2) may depend on whether -1 is a sum of two squares in KK.

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@article{arxiv.1608.08560,
  title  = {Binary forms with three different relative ranks},
  author = {Bruce Reznick and Neriman Tokcan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.08560},
  year   = {2016}
}
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