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Hasse principles for quadratic forms over function fields

Number Theory 2023-05-05 v2 Algebraic Geometry Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We investigate the Hasse principles for isotropy and isometry of quadratic forms over finitely generated field extensions with respect to various sets of discrete valuations. Over purely transcendental field extensions of fields that satisfy property Ai(2)\mathscr{A}_i(2) for some ii, we find numerous counterexamples to the Hasse principle for isotropy with respect to a relatively small set of discrete valuations. For finitely generated field extensions KK of transcendence degree rr over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 2\ne 2, we use the 2r2^r-dimensional counterexample to the Hasse principle for isotropy due to Auel and Suresh to obtain counterexamples of lower dimensions with respect to the divisorial discrete valuations induced by a variety with function field KK.

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@article{arxiv.2204.06368,
  title  = {Hasse principles for quadratic forms over function fields},
  author = {Connor Cassady},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.06368},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

15 pages. Section 2 has been shortened. The hypotheses of Proposition 3.1 have been weakened, and the former Proposition 3.4 has been removed