General bilinear forms. (Q2339729)
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General bilinear forms. (English)
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2 April 2015
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For generating modules \(M\) over a ring \(R\), a concept of general bilinear form is introduced which generalizes sesquilinear forms. A one-to-one correspondence between anti-automorphisms of \(\mathrm{End}_R(M)\) and regular bilinear forms on \(M\) is established, so that involutions correspond to symmetric bilinear forms. As an application, a simple proof of (a variant of) Osborn's theorem on rings with involution is given.
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sesquilinear forms
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anti-automorphisms
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general bilinear forms
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generator modules
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Osborn theorem
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rings with involution
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