Bourbaki

Exercise 19, § 8

Commutative Algebra, VI, 468

Let K be a Henselian field with a valuation v. Let E be a finite-dimensional vector space over K and Q a non-degenerate quadratic form on E such that the relation Q(x)=0Q(x) = 0 implies x=0x = 0. Let

Φ(x,y)=Q(x+y)−Q(x)−Q(y) \Phi(x, y) = Q(x + y) - Q(x) - Q(y)

be the associated bilinear form. Show that 2v(Φ(x,y))≥v(Q(x))+v(Q(y))2v(\Phi(x, y)) \geq v(Q(x)) + v(Q(y)); deduce that

v(Q(x+y))≥inf⁡(v(Q(x)),v(Q(y))). v(Q(x + y)) \geq \inf(v(Q(x)), v(Q(y))).

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