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Bounds on the hermitian u-invariants under quadratic field extensions

Number Theory 2025-01-15 v1

Abstract

The hermitian u-invariants of a central simple algebra with involution are studied. In this context, a new technique is obtained to give bounds for the behavior of these invariants under a quadratic field extension. This is applied to obtain bounds in terms of the index and the u-invariant of the base field.

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@article{arxiv.2501.07662,
  title  = {Bounds on the hermitian u-invariants under quadratic field extensions},
  author = {Karim Johannes Becher and Fatma Kader Bingöl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.07662},
  year   = {2025}
}

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17 pages