Quadratic forms over \(C[t_ 1,t_ 2]\) (Q1176651)

The authors show that the strong Hasse principle does not hold for \(\mathbb{C}(t_ 1,t_ 2)\), i.e., there exist four-dimensional anisotropic forms which are locally isotropic for all valuations. Moreover, a decision procedure for isotropy of four-dimensional forms is developed. The results are obtained by studying properties of the quadratic reciprocity group defined by the authors.