Essential dimension, spinor groups, and quadratic forms

DOI10.4007/annals.2010.171.533zbMath1252.11034arXiv0907.0922OpenAlexW2964216498WikidataQ117360334 ScholiaQ117360334MaRDI QIDQ974047

Patrick Brosnan, Angelo Vistoli, Zinovy Reichstein

Publication date: 27 May 2010

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0922

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic formsdiscriminantPfister formWitt groupspinor groupessential dimensionHasse-Witt invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic forms over general fields (11E04) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Galois cohomology of linear algebraic groups (11E72)

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