Diskriminantenalgebren quadratischer Formen. (Discriminant algebras of quadratic forms) (Q919384)
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Diskriminantenalgebren quadratischer Formen. (Discriminant algebras of quadratic forms) (English)
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1991
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The notion of a discriminant algebra is defined for any finitely generated free quadratic module over a commutative ring. This invariant is closely related to (and generalizes) the usual notion of discriminant and Arf-invariant.
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discriminant algebra
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quadratic module
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Arf-invariant
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