Pythagoras number of quartic orders containing $\sqrt{2}$
Number Theory
2025-07-24 v3
Abstract
Let be a quartic number field containing and let be an order such that . We prove that the Pythagoras number of is at most 5. This confirms a conjecture of Kr\'{a}sensk\'{y}, Ra\v{s}ka and Sgallov\'a. The proof makes use of Beli's theory of bases of norm generators for quadratic lattices over dyadic local fields.
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@article{arxiv.2204.10468,
title = {Pythagoras number of quartic orders containing $\sqrt{2}$},
author = {Zilong He and Yong Hu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.10468},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
v3: numbering system changed to be consistent with the published version. Chinese version published in Chinese Ann. Math. Ser. A 45 (2024), no. 3, 287--296.; English translation in Chinese Journal of Contemporary Mathematics, 45 (2024) no. 3