The density of integral quadratic forms having a k-dimensional totally isotropic subspace

arXiv2212.10495MaRDI QIDQ6421141FDOQ6421141

Authors: Lycka Drakengren, Tom Fisher 

Publication date: 20 December 2022

Abstract: We investigate the probability that a random quadratic form in $mathbbZ[x_1,\mathrm{...},x_n]$ has a totally isotropic subspace of a given dimension. We show that this global probability is a product of local probabilities. Our main result computes these local probabilities for quadratic forms over the $p$-adics. The formulae we obtain are rational functions in $p$ invariant upon substituting $pmapsto1/p$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic and bilinear Diophantine equations (11D09) Quadratic forms over local rings and fields (11E08)

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