Generalised quadratic forms and the u-invariant

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2017.10.012zbMATH Open1394.11032arXiv1610.06915OpenAlexW2963229806MaRDI QIDQ1680280FDOQ1680280

Authors: Andrew Dolphin 

Publication date: 15 November 2017

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The u-invariant of a field is the supremum of the dimensions of anisotropic quadratic forms over the field. We define corresponding u-invariants for hermitian and generalised quadratic forms over a division algebra with involution in characteristic 2 and investigate the relationships between them. We also investigate these invariants in the case of a quaternion algebra and in particular when this quaternion algebra is the unique quaternion division algebra over a field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06915

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zbMATH Keywords

involutions\(u\)-invariantcentral simple algebrascharacteristic twoquaternion algebrasHermitian formsgeneralised quadratic forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic forms over general fields (11E04) Algebraic theory of quadratic forms; Witt groups and rings (11E81) Bilinear and Hermitian forms (11E39)

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