Anisotropic Forms of Higher Degree Under Finite Dimensional Field Extensions

Let F be a field of characteristic 0 or greater than d. We investigate anisotropic forms of degree d > 2 and their behaviour under field extensions of degree coprime to d. A form of degree d over F which permits composition or Jordan composition remains anisotropic under any field extension of degree coprime to d. Other classes of forms are constructed which stay anisotropic under such extensions.