Failures of integral Springer's Theorem

Abstract

We discuss the phenomenon where an element in a number field is not integrally represented by a given positive definite quadratic form, but becomes integrally represented by this form over a totally real extension of odd degree. We prove that this phenomenon happens infinitely often, and, conversely, establish finiteness results about the situation when the quadratic form is fixed.

arXiv comment10 pages, author accepted manuscript

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