Binary forms with three different relative ranks
Algebraic Geometry
2016-08-31 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
Suppose is a binary form of degree with coefficients in a field . The -rank of is the smallest number of -th powers of linear forms over of which is a -linear combination. We prove that for , there always exists a form of degree with at least three different ranks over various fields. The -rank of a form (such as ) may depend on whether -1 is a sum of two squares in .
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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}
}