On the second trace form of central simple algebras in characteristic two
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the second trace form of central simple algebras in characteristic two
zbMATH Open document ID: 1003.11015
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005881
author: Grégory Berhuy
author: Christoph Frings
published in: Manuscripta Mathematica
publication date: 2003-01-20T00:00:00Z
review text: If \(A\) is a central simple algebra of degree \(n\) over the field \(K\) and if \(a\in A\) then \(\text{Prd}_A(a)= \det(X\cdot E_n- \varphi(a\otimes L))\in K[X]\) is the reduced characteristic polynomial of \(a\), where \(L\) is a splitting field of \(A\) and \(\varphi: A\otimes L\to M_n(L)\) is an isomorphism onto the matrix algebra. Writing \(\text{Prd}_A(a)= X^n+ s_1(a)\cdot X^{n-1}+ s_2(a)\cdot X^{n-2}+\dots\) one defines the trace form of \(A\), \(T_A:A\to K:a\to s_1(a^2)\), and the second trace form, \(T_{2,A}:A\to K:a\to s_2(a)\). These invariants of the algebra \(A\) have been studied intensively for the case that the characteristic of \(K\) is not 2. When \(\text{char}(K)= 2\) then the trace form has rank 0, whereas the second trace form is nondegenerate if the degree \(n\) is even. Both the Clifford invariant and the Arf invariant of \(A\) are computed for this case.
reviewed by: Niels Schwartz
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11E81
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16K50
zbMATH DE Number: 1690576
zbMATH Keywords: central simple algebra
zbMATH Keywords: reduced characteristic polynomial
zbMATH Keywords: splitting field
zbMATH Keywords: second trace form
zbMATH Keywords: Clifford invariant
zbMATH Keywords: Arf invariant
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