R. Parimala
Emory University, USA
August 14, 2012
Period-index problem for the Brauer group: Class field theory leads to period=index for finite dimensional division algebras over number fields. There are open questions concerning bounding the index of algebras in terms of their period for fields finitely generated fields over prime fields. We shall explain how such bounds would lead to nontrivial consequences for the existence of rational points on quadrics.
Emory University, USA
August 14, 2012
Period-index problem for the Brauer group: Class field theory leads to period=index for finite dimensional division algebras over number fields. There are open questions concerning bounding the index of algebras in terms of their period for fields finitely generated fields over prime fields. We shall explain how such bounds would lead to nontrivial consequences for the existence of rational points on quadrics.