\'{E}tale Homotopy Obstructions of Arithmetic Spheres

MaRDI QIDQ6313840zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Edo Arad, Shachar Carmeli, Tomer M. Schlank

Publication date 9 February 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rational points (14G05)

Abstract: Let $K$ be a field of characteristic $e2$ and let $X$ be the affine variety over $K$ defined by the equation ${\displaystyle }$ X: a_0x_0^2 + cdots + a_nx_n^2 = 1 ${\displaystyle }$ where $nge0$ and $a_{i}inK$. In this paper we compute the lowest mod 2 '{e}tale homological obstruction class to the existence of a $K$-rational point on $X$, and show that it is the cup product of the form ${\displaystyle }$ o_{n+1} = [a_0]cupcdotscup[a_n]. ${\displaystyle }$ Our computation is an '{e}tale-homotopy analogue of the topological fact that Stiefel-Whitney classes are the homological obstructions to find a section to the unit sphere bundle of a real vector bundle.

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