Automorphism and similarity groups of forms determined by the characteristic polynomial (Q4253115)

Let \(K\) be a field and let \(A\) be a finite-dimensional, commutative, étale algebra over \(K\), where \(\text{char }K= 0\) or \(\text{char }K> n!\), where \(n \geq 3\) is the degree of \(A\) over \(K\). The coefficients of the generic characteristic polynomial \(\chi_A\) determine the norm form \(N_A\) of degree \(n\), the trace forms \(\text{Tr}_A^d\) of degree \(d \geq 3\) (where \(d < \text{char } K\) if \(\text{char }K > 0\)), and the so-called intermediate forms \(M_{A,t}\) of degree \(t\), \(2 \leq t \leq n-1\). The principal results of this paper are complete descriptions of the similarity groups and automorphism groups for the norm, trace, and intermediate forms.