Most binary forms come from a pencil of quadrics

DOI10.1090/BPROC/24zbMATH Open1422.11064arXiv1601.03451OpenAlexW2964319398MaRDI QIDQ2968573FDOQ2968573

Authors: Brendan Creutz 

Publication date: 20 March 2017

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A pair of symmetric bilinear forms A and B determine a binary form $f(x,y)=disc(Ax-By)$. We prove that the question of whether a given binary form can be written in this way as a discriminant form generically satisfies a local-global principle and deduce from this that most binary forms over $mathbfQ$ are discriminant forms. This is related to the arithmetic of the hyperelliptic curve $z^2=f(x,y)$. Analogous results for non-hyperelliptic curves are also given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03451

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?search=%2211G30%22&title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns120=1 Curves of arbitrary genus or genus ( e 1) over global fields (11G30)] Plane and space curves (14H50) Quadratic and bilinear Diophantine equations (11D09) Arithmetic ground fields for curves (14H25)

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