The u^n-invariant and the symbol length of H₂ⁿ(F)

Abstract: Given a field

F

of

o p e r a t o r n a m e c h a r (F) = 2

, we define

u^{n} (F)

to be the maximal dimension of an anisotropic form in

I_{q}^{n} F

. For

n = 1

it recaptures the definition of

u (F)

. We study the relations between this value and the symbol length of

H_{2}^{n} (F)

, denoted by

s l_{2}^{n} (F)

. We show for any

n g e q 2

that if

2^{n} l e q u^{n} (F) l e q u^{2} (F) < i n f t y

then

s l_{2}^{n} (F) l e q p r o d_{i = 2}^{n} (f r a c u^{i} (F) 2 + 1 - 2^{i - 1})

. As a result, if

u (F)

is finite then

s l_{2}^{n} (F)

is finite for any

n

, a fact which was previously proven when

o p e r a t o r n a m e c h a r (F) e q 2

by Saltman and Krashen. We also show that if

s l_{2}^{n} (F) = 1

then

u^{n} (F)

is either

2^{n}

or

2^{n + 1}

.

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