A bound for the index of a quadratic form after scalar extension to the function field of a quadric

DOI10.1017/S1474748018000051zbMATH Open1442.11062arXiv1607.07529OpenAlexW2964306359MaRDI QIDQ5221318FDOQ5221318

Authors: Stephen Scully 

Publication date: 25 March 2020

Published in: Journal of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $q$ be an anisotropic quadratic form defined over a general field $F$. In this article, we formulate a new upper bound for the isotropy index of $q$ after scalar extension to the function field of an arbitrary quadric. On the one hand, this bound offers a refinement of a celebrated bound established in earlier work of Karpenko-Merkurjev and Totaro; on the other, it is a direct generalization of Karpenko's theorem on the possible values of the first higher isotropy index. We prove its validity in two important cases: (i) the case where $mathrmchar(F)eq2$, and (ii) the case where $mathrmchar(F)=2$ and $q$ is quasilinear (i.e., diagonalizable). The two cases are treated separately using completely different approaches, the first being algebraic-geometric, and the second being purely algebraic.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07529

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zbMATH Keywords

quadratic formisotropyrational mapfunction field of a quadricquadricChow motiveisotropy indexquasilinear quadratic formquadratic Grassmannian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rational and birational maps (14E05) Quadratic forms over general fields (11E04) Vector spaces, linear dependence, rank, lineability (15A03)

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