Symbol length and stability index

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2011.12.027zbMath1260.11025MaRDI QIDQ448395

Karim Johannes Becher, Paweł Gładki

Publication date: 6 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2011.12.027

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic form; stability index; Milnor \(K\)-theory; reduced Witt ring; symbol length; abstract Witt ring; Pythagorean field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

11E04: Quadratic forms over general fields

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

12D15: Fields related with sums of squares (formally real fields, Pythagorean fields, etc.)

11E10: Forms over real fields

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