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Some criteria for stably birational equivalence of quadratic forms

Number Theory 2022-11-22 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let φ\varphi and ψ\psi be quadratic forms over a field KK of characteristic different from 2. In this paper, we give a criterion for isotropy of φ\varphi over the function field of ψ\psi in terms of representations and we apply it to stably birational equivalence of φ\varphi and ψ\psi. Then we use this criterion to investigate the case of stably birational equivalence of multiples of Pfister forms. Finally, we give a a criterion of stably birational equivalence of quadratic forms in terms of isomorphisms of quotients of special Clifford groups by the kernel of the spinor norm.

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@article{arxiv.2205.09819,
  title  = {Some criteria for stably birational equivalence of quadratic forms},
  author = {Roussey Sylvain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.09819},
  year   = {2022}
}

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16 pages