Hermitian 𝑢-invariants over function fields of 𝑝-adic curves

Abstract

Let p p be an odd prime. Let F F be the function field of a p p -adic curve. Let A A be a central simple algebra of period 2 over F F with an involution σ \sigma . There are known upper bounds for the u u -invariant of hermitian forms over ( A , σ ) (A, \sigma ) . In this article we compute the exact values of the u u -invariant of hermitian forms over ( A , σ ) (A, \sigma ) .