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The CLE-groups of the title are the groups \(G_{s,t}\) \((s\geq 0\), \(t\geq 0)\) with generators \(\varepsilon\), \(a_1,\cdots,a_s,\) \(b_1,\cdots,b_t\) and relations \(\varepsilon^2=1\); for all \(i\) and \(j\), \(a^2_i=\varepsilon\), \(b^2_j=1\), \(b_j\varepsilon=\varepsilon b_j\), and \(a_ib_j=\varepsilon b_ja_i\); and for all \(i\neq j\), \(a_ia_j=\varepsilon a_ja_i\) and \(b_ib_j=\varepsilon b_jb_i\). The group \(G_{s,t}\) has order \(2^{s+t+1}\). The structure of the CLE-groups has been determined, and the name has been coined, by \textit{T. Y. Lam} and \textit{Tara L. Smith} [Rocky Mt. J. Math. 19, 749-786 (1989; Zbl 0726.11025)]. The authors show that each CLE-group occurs as the isometry group of a multilinear space \((V,\theta)\) over a multiquadratic extension of the rational number field. Here the multilinear map \(\theta\) can be chosen to be a scaled trace form. In view of the decomposition theory for CLE-groups and the decomposition theory for multilinear spaces it suffices to find the realization of the indecomposable CLE-groups as isometry groups and then control the behavior under the product operation in the category of CLE-groups.











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