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Fields of cohomological dimension one versus C_1-fields

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

Ax gave examples of fields of cohomological dimension 1 which are not C_1-fields. Kato and Kuzumaki asked whether a weak form of the C_1-property holds for all fields of cohomological dimension 1 (existence of solutions in extensions of coprime degree rather than existence of a solution in the ground field). Using work of Merkur'ev and Suslin, and of Rost, D. Madore and I produced examples which show that the answer is in the negative. In the present note, I produce examples which require less work than the original ones. In the original paper, some of the examples were given by forms of degree 3 in 4 variables. Here, for an arbitrary prime p>3, I use forms of degree p in p+1 variables.

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@article{arxiv.math/0502194,
  title  = {Fields of cohomological dimension one versus C_1-fields},
  author = {Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0502194},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, in English

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