A Hasse principle for quadratic forms
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1284.11063
publication date: 2014-01-03T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11E04
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11E08
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11E12
zbMATH DE Number: 6242802
zbMATH Keywords: quadratic form
zbMATH Keywords: valuation
zbMATH Keywords: Hasse principle
zbMATH Keywords: rational function field
zbMATH Keywords: \(p\)-adic field
zbMATH Keywords: \(u\)-invariant
author: Venapally Suresh
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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title: A Hasse principle for quadratic forms
published in: The Mathematics Student
review text: In this short survey note, the author explains what a Hasse principle for quadratic forms is. Let \(q\) be a quadratic form over a field \(F\) of characteristic not \(2\), and let \(\Omega\) be a set of valuations of \(F\). Let \(F_v\) denote the completion of \(F\) with respect to \(v\in \Omega\). The Hasse principle for \((F,\Omega)\) holds if a quadratic form \(q\) over \(F\) that is isotropic over \(F_v\) for all \(v\in \Omega\) is already isotropic over \(F\). The author mentions the classical Hasse-Minkowski theorem that states that the Hasse principle holds for \(\mathbb{Q}\) if \(\Omega\) is the set of all discrete valuations and the absolute value. He cites a recent result by \textit{J.-L. Colliot-Thélène} et al. [Comment. Math. Helv. 87, No. 4, 1011--1033 (2012; Zbl 1332.11065)] that states that \(\mathbb{Q}_p(t)\) (\(p\) odd) satisfies the Hasse principle for \(\Omega\) the set of all discrete valuations, and he mentions that this can be used to conclude that \(u(\mathbb{Q}_p(t))=8\), where the \(u\)-invariant of a field \(F\) is defined to be the supremum of the dimensions of anisotropic quadratic forms over \(F\).
reviewed by: Detlev Hoffmann
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6242802