English

There is no 290-Theorem for higher degree forms

Number Theory 2025-10-27 v2

Abstract

We study the universality of forms of degrees greater than 2 over rings of integers of totally real number fields. We show that such universal forms always exist, but cannot be characterized by any variant of the 290-Theorem of Bhargava-Hanke.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2405.10660,
  title  = {There is no 290-Theorem for higher degree forms},
  author = {Vitezslav Kala and Om Prakash},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.10660},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

12 pages, to appear in Math. Nachr

R2 v1 2026-06-28T16:30:37.377Z