Binary forms with three different relative ranks

Abstract: Suppose

f (x, y)

is a binary form of degree

d

with coefficients in a field

K s u b s e t e q m a t h b b C

. The

K

-rank of

f

is the smallest number of

d

-th powers of linear forms over

K

of which

f

is a

K

-linear combination. We prove that for

d g e 5

, there always exists a form of degree

d

with at least three different ranks over various fields. The

K

-rank of a form

f

(such as

x^{3} y^{2}

) may depend on whether -1 is a sum of two squares in

K

.

Recommendations

Cites work

Cited in

(10)

This page was built for publication: Binary forms with three different relative ranks