Orthogonal representations of Galois groups, Stiefel-Whitney classes and Hasse-Witt invariants.

DOI10.1515/crll.1985.360.84zbMath0556.12005MaRDI QIDQ3220669

Albrecht Froehlich

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/152743

zbMATH Keywords

trace forms; Stiefel-Whitney class; Brauer group; spinor norm; Hasse-Witt invariants; coverings of linear algebraic groups; embedding problem of field theory; Galois twist; orthogonal representations of Galois groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20G05: Representation theory for linear algebraic groups

11E04: Quadratic forms over general fields

12G05: Galois cohomology

57R20: Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology

11S15: Ramification and extension theory

11E57: Classical groups

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