Surjectivity of the total Clifford invariant and Brauer dimension

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2015.06.043zbMATH Open1391.11071arXiv1108.5728OpenAlexW2167272110MaRDI QIDQ497720FDOQ497720

Authors: Asher Auel 

Publication date: 25 September 2015

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Merkurjev's theorem--the statement that the 2-torsion of the Brauer group is represented by Clifford algebras of quadratic forms--is in general false when the base is no longer a field. The work of Parimala, Scharlau, and Sridharan proves the existence of smooth complete curves over local fields, over which Merkurjev's theorem is equivalent to the existence of a rational theta characteristic. Here, we prove that for smooth curves over a local field or surfaces over a finite field, replacing the Witt group by the total Witt group of all line bundle-valued quadratic forms recovers Merkurjev's theorem: the 2-torsion of the Brauer group is always represented by even Clifford algebras of line bundle-valued quadratic forms.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5728

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zbMATH Keywords

quadratic formsClifford algebrascohomological invariantsBrauer groupsclassical invariantsBrauer dimensionline bundle-valued quadratic forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brauer groups of schemes (14F22) Quadratic spaces; Clifford algebras (11E88) Witt groups of rings (19G12) Linear algebraic groups over adèles and other rings and schemes (20G35)

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