Failure of the local-global principle for quadratic forms over function fields

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Let KK be a finitely generated field of transcendence degree n≥2n\geq 2 over an algebraically closed field kk of characteristic ≠2\neq 2. A quadratic form is isotropic if it admits a nontrivial zero. For a discrete valuation vv on KK, let KvK_v be the fraction field of the completion of its valuation ring. The local-global principle for isotropy in dimension dd over KK asserts that every quadratic form in dd variables over KK that is isotropic over KvK_v for every discrete valuation vv on KK is isotropic over KK.

Failure of the local-global principle. The local-global principle for isotropy of quadratic forms fails to hold in dimension 2n2^n over KK.

This extends the known failure in transcendence degree two and gives the stated obstruction in every transcendence degree n≥2n\geq 2 over an algebraically closed field of characteristic different from 22.

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Asher Auel and V. Suresh, “Failure of the local-global principle for isotropy of quadratic forms over function fields”, arXiv:1709.03707 (2023).

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