Let k be a perfect field and let GW(k) be the Grothendieck-Witt ring of (virtual) non-degenerate symmetric bilinear forms over k. We develop methods for computing the quadratic Euler characteristic χ(X/k) ∈ GW(k) for X a smooth hypersurface in a projective space and in a weighted projective space. We raise the question of a quadratic refinement of classical conductor formulas and find such a formula for the degeneration of a smooth hypersurface X in P n+1 to the cone over a smooth hyperplane section of X; we also find a similar formula in the weighted homogeneous case. We formulate a conjecture that generalizes these computations to similar types of degenerations. Finally, we give an interpretation of the quadratic conductor formulas in terms of Ayoub's nearby cycles functor.M. LEVINE, S. PEPIN LEHALLEUR, AND V. SRINIVASAlthough this gives a quite concrete expression for χ(X/k), explicit computations are still not easy; it is the purpose of this note to give other descriptions more amenable to computation.As is well known, the primitive Hodge cohomology of a smooth hypersurface X ⊂ P n+1 is computable as suitable graded pieces of the Jacobian ring J(F ) := k[X 0 , . . . , X n+1 ]/(. . . , ∂F/∂X i , . . .) of the defining equation F , at least if k has characteristic zero. This goes back to results of Griffiths [5] and was pursued further in Carlson-Griffiths [6], where they showed a certain compatibility of this identification with respect to product structures. We will review these results here. This material has been treated elswhere, for instance, Steenbrink [33] handled the case of hypersurfaces in a weighted projective space over a characteristic zero field (without an explicit discussion of products), and the additive theory in the generality discussed here may be found in the article of Dolgachev [9].Combined with the results of [20] computing the quadratic Euler characteristic in terms of Hodge cohomology, relating the multiplicative structure on the Jacobian ring with that of the Hodge cohomology gives a quite explict description of the quadratic Euler characteristic of a smooth hypersurface in a projective space, as well as for smooth hypersurfaces in a weighted projective space P(a 0 , . . . , a n+1 ) assuming that the weighted degree e and all the a i are prime to the characteristic and that e is divisible by the lcm of the a i .A motivating problem underlying these computations is the search for a quadratic replacement of the conductor formulas of Milnor, Deligne, Bloch, Saito, Kato-Saito, and others. One considers a flat proper morphism f : X → Spec O with O a dvr having parameter t, with X a regular scheme and with generic fiber X K smooth over the quotient field K of O. A "conductor formula" is an expression for the difference χ top c (X K )−χ top c (X 0 ) in terms of algebraic invariants of f (χ top c (−) is the Euler characteristic of compactly supported cohomology). For a morphism of relative dimension zero, this is local ramification theory, where in positive and mixed characteristic, the Swa...