English

On Generalised Albert Forms over Discretely Valued Fields

Number Theory 2024-04-23 v2

Abstract

For a discrete valuation ring RR with quotient field KK and residue field FF both of characteristic not 2, we study low-dimensional quadratic forms with Witt class in the nn-th power of the fundamental ideal of FF resp. KK and point out connections between forms over these fields. We analyse the minimal number of Pfister forms such that a given form is Witt equivalent to the sum of these and study forms congruent modulo a higher power of the fundamental ideal towards similarity.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2403.02040,
  title  = {On Generalised Albert Forms over Discretely Valued Fields},
  author = {Nico Lorenz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.02040},
  year   = {2024}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-28T15:08:22.788Z