Abstract
Over a finitely generated field extension in m variables over a p-adic field, any quadratic form in more than 2m+2 variables has a nontrivial zero. This bound is sharp. We extend this result to a wider class of fields. A key ingredient to our proofs is a recent result of Heath-Brown on systems of quadratic forms over p-adic fields.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 65-73 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik |
| Issue number | 679 |
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| State | Published - Jun 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics