Function fields of quadratic forms

DOI10.1007/BF01218371zbMath0442.10013MaRDI QIDQ1143425

Robert W. Fitzgerald

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/173087

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic form; kernel; round form; function field of projective variety; map on Witt rings; scalar multiple of Pfister form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

11E81: Algebraic theory of quadratic forms; Witt groups and rings

19G12: Witt groups of rings

14G25: Global ground fields in algebraic geometry

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