Expected classification of even-dimensional quadratic forms of height two
Expected classification of even-dimensional quadratic forms of height two
Let be an anisotropic quadratic form of even dimension over a field of characteristic not equal to , with height . Let . A Pfister form is denoted by , and an excellent form is one similar to , where is a -fold Pfister form and is the pure part of an -fold Pfister form.
Expected height-two classification. Exactly one of the following holds:
- for some -fold Pfister form and -dimensional form of nontrivial discriminant.
- for some -fold Pfister form and -dimensional form of trivial discriminant.
- is an excellent form of dimension for some .
The statement is presented as the expected classification in the characteristic-not- equal-to- theory, in a discussion explicitly describing the problem as open.
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Primary source
Stephen Scully, “Hoffmann's conjecture for totally singular forms of prime degree”, arXiv:1410.8785 (2014).
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