Splitting Patterns and Invariants of Quadratic Forms

DOI10.1002/mana.19981900108zbMath0916.11022OpenAlexW2002113530MaRDI QIDQ4383976

Detlev W. Hoffmann

Publication date: 19 July 1999

Published in: Mathematische Nachrichten (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/mana.19981900108

zbMATH Keywords

Clifford algebradiscriminantssignaturessplitting patternanisotropic quadratic formsSchur indexWitt indices for field extensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quadratic forms over general fields (11E04) Algebraic theory of quadratic forms; Witt groups and rings (11E81) Quadratic spaces; Clifford algebras (11E88)

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