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Hasse Principle for G-quadratic forms

Number Theory 2013-05-15 v1

Abstract

Let k be a global field of characteristic not 2. The classical Hasse-Minkowski theorem states that if two quadratic forms become isomorphic over all the completions of k, then they are isomorphic over k as well. It is natural to ask whether this is also true for G-quadratic forms, where G is a finite group. In the case of number fields the Hasse principle for G-quadratic forms does not hold in general, as shown by Jorge Morales. The aim of this paper is to study this question when k is a global field of positive characteristic. We give a sufficient criterion for the Hasse principle to hold, and also counter examples : note that these are of different nature than those for number fields.

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@article{arxiv.1305.3161,
  title  = {Hasse Principle for G-quadratic forms},
  author = {Eva Bayer-Fluckiger and Nivedita Bhaskhar and Raman Parimala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.3161},
  year   = {2013}
}

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