A degree map on unimodular rows
The main aim of the author is to show that the answer to Nori's question is negative in general for \(n\) odd. Let \(k\) be a field and let \((A^n-0)\) be the punctured affine space. He associates to any morphism \(g: (A^n-0)\rightarrow(A^n-0)\) an element in the Witt group \(W(k)\) that is said to be the degree of \(g\). By using this degree map the author gives a negative answer to a question of Nori about unimodular rows: Let \(k\) be a field such that \( \sqrt{-1}\notin k\). Consider the unimodular row \((x_1, x_2, x_3) \in Um_3(S_3)\) and the map \(g: (A^n-0)\rightarrow(A^n-0)\) defined by the algebra homomorphism \(\varphi: k[x_1, x_2, x_3] \to k[x_1, x_2, x_3]\) given by \(\varphi(x_1)=x^2_1-x^2_2\), \(\varphi(x_2)=x_1x_2\) and \(\varphi(x_3)=x_3\). Then \(k[x_1, x_2, x_3]/(x^2_1-x^2_2,x_1x_2, x_3)\) is of length 4, but \((x^2_1-x^2_2,x_1x_2, x_3)\in Um_3(S_3)\) is not completable.
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