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Universal quadratic forms over semi-global fields

Number Theory 2023-09-06 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We study anisotropic universal quadratic forms over semi-global fields; i.e., over one-variable function fields over complete discretely valued fields. In particular, given a semi-global field FF, we compute both the mm-invariant of FF and the set of dimensions of anisotropic universal quadratic forms over FF. We also define the strong mm-invariant of a field kk and show that it behaves analogously to the strong uu-invariant of kk, defined by Harbater, Hartmann, and Krashen. Our main tool in this study is the local-global principle for isotropy of quadratic forms over a semi-global field with respect to particular sets of overfields.

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@article{arxiv.2309.00689,
  title  = {Universal quadratic forms over semi-global fields},
  author = {Connor Cassady},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.00689},
  year   = {2023}
}

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