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Number fields without n-ary universal quadratic forms

Number Theory 2015-08-05 v2

Abstract

Given any positive integer M, we show that there are infinitely many real quadratic fields that do not admit universal quadratic forms in M variables.

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@article{arxiv.1503.05736,
  title  = {Number fields without n-ary universal quadratic forms},
  author = {Valentin Blomer and Vítězslav Kala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.05736},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Some arguments simplified and more streamlined relative to the first version

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