A Generic Characterization of Direct Summands for Orthogonal Involutions

DOI10.1080/00927870802243945MaRDI QIDQ3618545zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anne Quéguiner-Mathieu

Publication date 2 April 2009

Published in Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609139

zbMATH Keywords

central simple algebras with involutiondirect sum of Dejaiffedivision algebrasorthogonal involutionsquadratic formsrepresentation theoremsubform theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bilinear and Hermitian forms (11E39) Algebraic theory of quadratic forms; Witt groups and rings (11E81) Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Rings with involution; Lie, Jordan and other nonassociative structures (16W10)

Abstract: The `transcendental methods' in the algebraic theory of quadratic forms are based on two major results, proved in the 60's by Cassels and Pfister, and known as the representation and the subform theorems. A generalization of the representation theorem was proven by Jean-Pierre Tignol in 1996, in the setting of central simple algebras with involution. This paper studies the subform question for orthogonal involutions. A generic characterization of direct summands is given; an analogue of the subform theorem is proven for division algebras and algebras of index at most 2.

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