Quadratic Forms

DOI10.1016/S1570-7954(08)00202-7zbMath1213.11092MaRDI QIDQ3053859

Kazimierz Szymiczek

Publication date: 30 October 2010

Published in: Handbook of Algebra - Volume 6 (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

sums of squaresquadratic formsWitt rings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Algebraic theory of quadratic forms; Witt groups and rings (11E81) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to number theory (11-02)

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