Vishik's dimension conjecture for anisotropic quadratic forms in powers of the fundamental ideal

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Let FF be a field with characteristic different from 22, let InI^n be the nn-th power of the fundamental ideal in the Witt ring W(F)W(F), and let ϕ\phi be an anisotropic quadratic form whose Witt class lies in InI^n. Assume n1n\geq1 and dim(ϕ)<2n+1\dim(\phi)<2^{n+1}.

Vishik's conjecture. There is some i{1,2,,n+1}i\in\{1,2,\dots,n+1\} such that

dim(ϕ)=2n+12i.\dim(\phi)=2^{n+1}-2^i.

This conjecture gives the remaining possible dimensions below 2n+12^{n+1} after the Arason–Pfister theorem and Vishik's exclusions of the intervening range. The source reports that Vishik announced a proof, but that proof was not available there; its resolution should therefore be checked.

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Primary source

Nikita A. Karpenko, “Holes in I^n”, arXiv:math/0312273 (2003).

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