The generalised Albert form conjecture

Let FF be a field of characteristic different from 22. For n2n\geqslant 2, let φ\varphi be a quadratic form over FF such that

dim(φ)=2n+2n1,[φ]In(F).\mathsf{\dim}(\varphi)=2^n+2^{n-1},\qquad [\varphi]\in\mathsf{I}^n(F).

A quadratic form φ\varphi is a generalised Albert form of degree nn if 2n<dim(φ)<2n+12^n<\mathsf{\dim}(\varphi)<2^{n+1} and there exist π1,π2GPn(F)\pi_1,\pi_2\in\mathsf{GP}_n(F) with

[φ]=[π1]+[π2].[\varphi]=[\pi_1]+[\pi_2].

Generalised Albert form conjecture. Every such form φ\varphi is a generalised Albert form.

The conjecture is explicitly stated for n=4n=4 in the cited work and is proposed here for all n2n\geqslant2 because no counterexamples are known.

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Nico Lorenz, “On Generalised Albert Forms over Discretely Valued Fields”, arXiv:2403.02040 (2024).

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