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Standard conjecture on u-invariants?
This is well beyond my expertise, but I just learned some of the history behind
$u$-invariants of fields $F$,
where ($u(F)+1$)-variable quadratic equations always have a non-trivial solution,
but $u(F)...
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roots of quadratic forms
This may be a very silly question, but I was wondering what is known about the roots of a quadratic form over variables $x_1,\ldots,x_n,y_1,\ldots,y_m$ in the finite field $\mathbb{F}_p$. I'm not ...
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orthogonal group in characteristic 2
Let $O(2,\mathbb{Z}_2)$ be the orthogonal group of order two matrices. On $\mathbb{Z}_2$ there should exist just one odd quadratic form, hence the stabilizer subgroup $O^-$ of an odd quadratic for ...
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Number of roots of a quadratic form over GF(2)
If $Q(x) = x^T A x$ with $x \in GF(2)^n$ and $A \in GF(2)^{n \times n}$, is there a way to find how many roots $Q(x)$ has based on any properties of $A$ (e.g., rank, etc.)?
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Number of solutions of quadratic equation from a perfect pairing over $\mathbb{Z}/p^n\mathbb{Z}$
Let $p>2$ be a prime number, $V=\left(\mathbb{Z}/p^n\mathbb{Z}\right)^{2k+1}$. The bilinear form $$B:V\times V \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/p^n\mathbb{Z}$$
is a perfect pairing. That is, mapping $x\in V$ ...
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Stabilizer of a nonsingular vector in a quadratic space (char (k)=2)
suppose that $k$ is a finite field of characteristic 2 and $(V,q)$ a quadratic space, i.e., $V$ is a $k$-vector space and $q:V\to k$ quadratic form. Suppose that $\dim(V)\geq 4$ and that $q$ is non-...
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Sum of binary quadratic forms over inputs of equal Hamming weight
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Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let $q : \field_2^{n} \rightarrow \field_2$ be a quadratic form, specified in coordinates as
$$q(x)=\sum_{i =1}^n \alpha_i ...
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Inseparable field extensions of degree p and linear independence
Let $F$ be a field of characteristic $p$; let $\alpha \in F$ such that $\alpha \neq \beta^p$ for any $\beta \in F$, and let $K := F(x)$ where $x=\sqrt[p]{\alpha}$.
Is it true that the elements $1,(x-...
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Quadratic forms with the same roots over GF(2) for low rank problems
Let $Q_1(x)=x^TA_1x$ and $Q_2(x)=x^TA_2x$ with $x\in GF(2)^n$, $A_i\in GF(2)^{n\times n}, i \in \{1, 2\}$. If $rank(A_1)=rank(A_2)=2$, is it possible that $Q_1(x)$ and $Q_2(x)$ can have the same roots ...
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Reference request: Number of elliptic and hyperbolic quadratic forms of a given rank over a finite field
My question is over the finite field $\mathbf{F}_q$ of $q$ elements. It is well known that a symmetric matrix of odd rank corresponds to a parabolic quadratic form but even rank symmetric matrices ...
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