Lifting problem for universal quadratic forms

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Abstract: We study totally real number fields that admit a universal quadratic form whose coefficients are rational integers. We show that mathbbQ(sqrt5) is the only such real quadratic field, and that among fields of degrees 3, 4, 5, and 7 which have principal codifferent ideal, the only one is mathbbQ(zeta7+zeta7−1), over which the form x2+y2+z2+w2+xy+xz+xw is universal. Moreover, we prove an upper bound for Pythagoras numbers of orders in number fields that depends only on the degree of the number field.


It is shown that \(\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{5})\) is the only real quadratic field that admits a universal quadratic form whose coefficients are rational integers. Considering totally real number fields of degrees 3, 4, 5 and 7 which have principal codifferent ideal, the only one which admits a universal quadratic form whose coefficients are rational integers is \(\mathbb{Q}(\zeta_7+ \zeta^{-1}_7)\) over which the form \(x^2+ y^2+ z^2+ w^2+ xy+ xz+ xw\) is universal. Furthermore, an upper bound for Pythagoras numbers of orders in number fields is proved that depends only on the degree of the number field.



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