Abstract
Given a field F of char(F) = 2, we define u n (F) to be the maximal dimension of an anisotropic form in Iq n F. For n = 1 it recaptures the definition of u(F). We study the relations between this value and the symbol length of H n 2 (F), denoted by sl n 2 (F). We show for any n ≥ 2 that if 2 n ≤ u n (F) ≤ u 2 (F) < ∞, then (Formula Presented). As a result, if u(F) is finite, then sl n 2 (F) is finite for any n, a fact which was previously proven when char(F) ≠ 2 by Saltman and Krashen. We also show that if sl n 2 (F) = 1, then u n (F) is either 2 n or 2 n+1 .
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 513-521 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society |
| Volume | 147 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Feb 2019 |
Keywords
- Kato-Milne cohomology
- Quadratic forms
- Symbol length
- U-invariant