Characteristic-two analogue of the height-two bilinear-form classification

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Let b\mathfrak{b} be an anisotropic bilinear form over FF. Let ϕb\phi_{\mathfrak{b}} denote its associated quadratic form, let h(b)h(\mathfrak{b}) be its height, let hqp(ϕb)h_{\mathrm{qp}}(\phi_{\mathfrak{b}}) be the quasi-Pfister height, and let deg(b)=d\deg(\mathfrak{b})=d. Assume

h(b)=hqp(ϕb)=2,dimb=2d+1.h(\mathfrak{b})=h_{\mathrm{qp}}(\phi_{\mathfrak{b}})=2,\qquad \dim\mathfrak{b}=2^{d+1}.

Characteristic-two height-two conjecture. There exist a (d1)(d-1)-fold Pfister form π\pi and a 44-dimensional form c\mathfrak{c} of nontrivial determinant such that

b=πc.\mathfrak{b}=\pi\otimes\mathfrak{c}.

This is proposed as the characteristic-two counterpart of the first case in the expected classification of height-two quadratic forms. The source does not give evidence of a resolution.

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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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