The number of equivalence classes of nondegenerate bilinear and sesquilinear forms over a finite field

DOI10.1016/0024-3795(81)90097-5zbMath0472.15012MaRDI QIDQ1158233

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3795(81)90097-5

zbMATH Keywords

finite field; bilinear forms; equivalence classes; sesquilinear forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

11E04: Quadratic forms over general fields

15B33: Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.)

15A63: Quadratic and bilinear forms, inner products

15A21: Canonical forms, reductions, classification

11E16: General binary quadratic forms

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