Motivic equivalence of quadratic forms (Q1279533)

Summary: Let \(X_\phi\) and \(X_\psi\) be projective quadrics corresponding to quadratic forms \(\phi\) and \(\psi\) over a field \(F\). If \(X_\phi\) is isomorphic to \(X_\psi\) in the category of Chow motives, we say that \(\phi\) and \(\psi\) are motivic isomorphic and write \(\phi\overset {m} \sim\psi\). We show that in the case of odd-dimensional forms the condition \(\phi\overset {m} \sim\psi\) is equivalent to the similarity of \(\phi\) and \(\psi\). After this, we discuss the case of even-dimensional forms. In particular, we construct examples of generalized Albert forms \(q_1\) and \(q_2\) such that \(q_1\overset {m}\sim q_2\) and \(q_1\not\sim q_2\).