Proseminar on Quadratic forms

The aim of this proseminar is to formulate and study a proof of the Hasse principle for quadratic forms. All the necessary tools required such as the field of p-adic numbers, geometry of numbers etc. will be introduced during the course.

Here's the proseminar announcement; and here the rubric.

Participants are also expected to prepare a handout for their talks. Regarding a sample format of an handout, please refer to a previous proseminar (or come up with your own format:-)).

Handout for the last talk.