Extendability of quadratic modules with sufficient Witt index

Quadratic forms over local rings and fields (11E08) Projective and free modules and ideals in commutative rings (13C10) Dimension theory, depth, related commutative rings (catenary, etc.) (13C15) Regular local rings (13H05)

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Let K be a field of characteristic different from two. A well-known theorem of Harder states that any quadratic space over the polynomial ring K[X] in one variable is extended from K and hence is decomposable. It is also known that isotropic quadratic spaces over \(K[X_ 1,...,X_ m]\) are extended from K for any m and hence these are again decomposable. On the other hand, if K admits a quaternion division algebra, then there do exist indecomposable anisotropic quadratic spaces of ranks 3 and 4 over K[X,Y] (Parimala's counter-examples to the quadratic analogue of Serre's conjecture). Suslin and Kopeiko considered the corresponding question for a general commutative ring R with characteristic different from two. They proved: Any quadratic space q over \(R[T_ 1,...,T_ m]\) with Witt-index \(Witt(\bar q)\geq \dim R+1\) which is stably extended from R is actually extended from R. Here the bar denotes \(modulo\quad(T_ 1,...,T_ m).\) In the paper under review some improvements of this result for a regular ring R are given: (1) If R is an equicharacteristic complete regular local ring, then every quadratic space q over \(R[T_ 1,...,T_ m]\) with \(Witt(\bar q)\geq 1\) is extended from R. (2) If \(\dim(R)=d\), \(d=2\) or 3, and q is a quadratic \(R[T_ 1,...,T_ m]-space\) with \(Witt(\bar q)\geq d,\) then q is extended. (3) If R is a regular ring of essentially finite type over an infinite field K of dimension \(d\geq 1\), and q is a quadratic \(R[T_ 1,...,T_ m]-space\) with \(Witt(\bar q)\geq d,\) then q is extended. Here a ring R is of essentially finite type over K if \(R=S^{- 1} C\), where S is a multiplicatively closed subset of a finitely generated K-algebra C.

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