Height bounds on zeros of quadratic forms over Q

DOI10.1186/S40687-015-0038-5zbMATH Open1392.11045arXiv1508.00830OpenAlexW1958663075WikidataQ59411583 ScholiaQ59411583MaRDI QIDQ290128FDOQ290128

Authors: Lenny Fukshansky 

Publication date: 1 June 2016

Published in: Research in the Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we establish three results on small-height zeros of quadratic polynomials over $overlinemathbbQ$. For a single quadratic form in $Ngeq2$ variables on a subspace of $overline{mathbbQ}^N$, we prove an upper bound on the height of a smallest nontrivial zero outside of an algebraic set under the assumption that such a zero exists. For a system of $k$ quadratic forms on an $L$-dimensional subspace of $overline{mathbbQ}^N$, $NgeqLgeqfrack(k+1)2+1$, we prove existence of a nontrivial simultaneous small-height zero. For a system of one or two inhomogeneous quadratic and $m$ linear polynomials in $Ngeqm+4$ variables, we obtain upper bounds on the height of a smallest simultaneous zero, if such a zero exists. Our investigation extends previous results on small zeros of quadratic forms, including Cassels' theorem and its various generalizations and contributes to the literature of so-called "absolute" Diophantine results with respect to height. All bounds on height are explicit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.00830

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zbMATH Keywords

heightsquadratic formsabsolute Diophantine resultsSiegel's lemma

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Heights (11G50) Quadratic forms over global rings and fields (11E12) Bilinear and Hermitian forms (11E39)

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