Nonsplit conics in the reduction of an arithmetic curve
Number Theory
2023-11-28 v5 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
For an algebraic function field and a discrete valuation of with perfect residue field , we bound the number of discrete valuations on extending whose residue fields are algebraic function fields of genus zero over but not ruled. Assuming that is relatively algebraically closed in , we find that the number of nonruled residually transcendental extensions of to is bounded by where is the genus of . An application to sums of squares in function fields of curves over is presented.
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@article{arxiv.2005.11855,
title = {Nonsplit conics in the reduction of an arithmetic curve},
author = {Karim Johannes Becher and David Grimm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.11855},
year = {2023}
}