Algebras with involution and classical groups

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After outlining recent results on the connexion of division algebras with involution and the classical groups, the author discusses in more detail the properties of biquaternion algebras derived from exceptional isomorphisms of classical groups. Involutions on a simple algebra are divided into three types: orthogonal, symplectic or unitary, depending on the nature of the involution after scalar extension. The rest of the paper discusses automorphisms, invariants and exceptional isomorphisms between classical groups, referring for details to [\textit{M.-A. Knus}, \textit{A. S. Merkurjev}, \textit{M. Rost} and \textit{J.-P. Tignol}, The Book of Involutions, Am. Math. Soc., Providence (1998)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0893.00028].











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