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THE LIFTING PROBLEM FOR UNIVERSAL QUADRATIC FORMS OVER SIMPLEST CUBIC FIELDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2023

DANIEL GIL-MUÑOZ
Affiliation:
Department of Algebra, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Sokolovská 83, 186 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic e-mail: daniel.gil-munoz@mff.cuni.cz
MAGDALÉNA TINKOVÁ*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Information Technology, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 9, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic and Institute of Analysis and Number Theory, TU Graz, Kopernikusgasse 24/II, 8010 Graz, Austria

Abstract

The lifting problem for universal quadratic forms over a totally real number field K consists of determining the existence or otherwise of a quadratic form with integer coefficients (or $\mathbb {Z}$-form) that is universal over K. We prove the nonexistence of universal $\mathbb {Z}$-forms over simplest cubic fields for which the integer parameter is big enough. The monogenic case is already known. We prove the nonexistence in the nonmonogenic case by using the existence of a totally positive nonunit algebraic integer in K with minimal (codifferent) trace equal to one.

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc.

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