Symmetric bilinear forms and quadratic forms
Symmetric bilinear forms and quadratic forms
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对称双线性形式和二次形式
DOI:
10.1016/0021-8693(72)90094-4
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发表时间:
1972
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
C. Sah
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作者:
C. Sah
In 171,:\lilnor associated to each field F a graded and graded commutative I-ing K F.‘I’he factor ring k.: F~-1 K, F? K, F is then a graded commutative algclxa over the field F, with 2 elements.\Vhen one assumes that F is either: I gl:) hal iicld or one of Its local completions, but of characteristic not 2, k, F is related to the qlladratic reciprocit>-law of F. This can he accomplished througll tile LYitt ring of anisotropic quadratic forms. In [8], iLIilnor showed tha;/rf P is always related to the\\‘itt ring of anisotropic symmetric hilincal forms, regardless of the characteristic of E’. Hn~ vwer, for global or local fields 1.’of characteristic 2, the connection between k, F and the quadratic reciprocit!, Ian of F (in the sense of Hraucr group) is not in evidence. The main purpose of the present paper is to separate formally quadratic forms from symmetric bilinear forms. This is done in Section I\Ve examine a numlwr of ezan~ l~ les in this setting. In particular, the notion of a quadratic Inill> from a finite vector space of characteristic 2 into the ring Z; 4Z as introdaccd 11). I<. II. Erown [3] is anal! xd in some detail in lkample I. 4.\\: r tlic. 1) rvstorc quadratic reciprocitv f0r fields of characteristic 2 in.% ction 2. Iic~ ugliI~-, quadratic reciprucit\ laws arc connected with quadratic for: ns as cycted. In Section 3 we eraminc some of the relations with G&is cohomc~ lo, g;. It should 1)~ ohservcd that we hare cuploitcd inseparability in scx~ ernl cr-itical steps among the pronfs. I: or fklds of characteristic not 2, the countcrpxt of our ‘I% cc~ rem 2 is 0! 3cn.