Isotropy of quadratic forms over the function field of a quadric in characteristic 2 (Q2368723): Difference between revisions

The main result of this paper reads: Theorem 1.1 Let \(F\) be a field of characteristic 2. Let \(\varphi\), \(\psi\) be anisotropic quadratic forms over \(F\) (possibly singular) such that \(\dim\varphi\leq 2^n<\dim\psi\) for some integer \(n\geq 1\). Then \(\varphi\) stays anisotropic over \(F(\psi)\), the function field of \(\psi\). For \(\text{char\,}F\neq 2\) the corresponding result is a famous theorem of \textit{D. W. Hoffmann} [Math. Z. 220, No. 3, 461--476 (1995; Zbl 0840.11017)], for \(\text{char\,}F= 2\) a weaker result was proved by \textit{A. Laghribi} and \textit{P. Mammone} [Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. - Simon Stevin 9, No. 2, 167--176 (2002; Zbl 1039.11015)]. Related results on quadratic forms with maximal splitting and a characteristic 2 version of a theorem of Izhboldin for the case \(\dim\varphi= 2^n+1\leq\dim\psi\) complete the paper.