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Solubility of Additive Forms of Twice Odd Degree over $\mathbb{Q}_2(\sqrt{5})$

Number Theory 2022-07-21 v1

Abstract

We prove that an additive form of degree d=2md=2m, mm odd, m3m\ge3, over the unramified quadratic extension Q2(5)\mathbb{Q}_2(\sqrt{5}) has a nontrivial zero if the number of variables ss satisifies s4d+1s \ge 4d+1. If 3d3 \nmid d, then there exists a nontrivial zero if s32d+1s \ge \frac{3}{2}d + 1, this bound being optimal. We give examples of forms in 3d3d variables without a nontrivial zero in case that 3d3 \mid d.

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@article{arxiv.2207.09556,
  title  = {Solubility of Additive Forms of Twice Odd Degree over $\mathbb{Q}_2(\sqrt{5})$},
  author = {Drew Duncan and David B. Leep},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.09556},
  year   = {2022}
}