The Witt group of symmetric bilinear forms over a Brauer-Severi variety with values in a line bundle (Q1818750)
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The Witt group of symmetric bilinear forms over a Brauer-Severi variety with values in a line bundle (English)
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7 March 2000
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Let \(X\) be the Brauer-Severi variety associated with a central simple algebra \(A\) over a field of characteristic different from two. The author computes the Witt group \(W(X,L)\) of symmetric bilinear forms over \(X\) with values in a line bundle \(L\) generating Pic\(X\). If the order of \(A\) in the Brauer group of the base field is odd, then \(W(X,L)=0\). Otherwise a set of generators for \(W(X,L)\) is exhibited.
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Witt group
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Brauer-Severi variety
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