Round quadratic forms under algebraic extensions (Q1119678)
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Round quadratic forms under algebraic extensions (English)
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1991
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Pfister forms over fields are those anisotropic forms that remain round under any field extension. Here, round means that for any non-zero represented element x the isometry \(q\cong xq\) holds where q is the form under consideration. We investigate whether a similar characterization can be given for the round forms themselves. We get several ``going-up''- and ``going-down''-theorems. Some counter-examples are given which show that neither in the ``going-up'' nor in the ``going-down'' situation a general theorem holds.
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quadratic forms
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round forms
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going-up
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going-down
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birigid elements
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non-formally real fields
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