Pfister's local-global principle for Azumaya algebras with involution

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Authors Vincent Astier, Thomas Unger

Publication date 10 October 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rings with involution; Lie, Jordan and other nonassociative structures (16W10) Bilinear and Hermitian forms (11E39) Real algebra (13J30) Separable algebras (e.g., quaternion algebras, Azumaya algebras, etc.) (16H05)

Abstract: We prove Pfister's local-global principle for hermitian forms over Azumaya algebras with involution over semilocal rings, and show in particular that the Witt group of nonsingular hermitian forms is $2$-primary torsion. Our proof relies on a hermitian version of Sylvester's law of inertia, which is obtained from an investigation of the connections between a pairing of hermitian forms extensively studied by Garrel, signatures of hermitian forms, and positive semidefinite quadratic forms.

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