scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1788099

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Two fields \(K\) and \(L\) are said to be Witt equivalent when their Witt rings \(WK\) and \(WL\) of symmetric bilinear forms are isomorphic. For global fields the Witt equivalence has been completely described in the article of \textit{R. Perlis, K. Szymiczek, P. E. Conner} and \textit{E. Litherland} [Contemp. Math. 155, 365-387 (1994; Zbl 0807.11024)] as follows. Theorem 1. Two global fields \(K\) and \(L\) are Witt equivalent if and only if their places can be matched bijectively so that the completions of \(K\) and \(L\) at corresponding places are Witt equivalent. In the present paper, the authors give a new proof of the theorem for rational function fields of odd characteristic. The proof is direct and elementary and does not depend on the machinery used in the paper cited above.











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