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Symmetric Bilinear Forms

By John Milnor , Dale Husemoller (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1973
ISBN
9780387060095, 038706009X
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-88330-9
LCC
QA243 .M64
Open Library ID
OL5306963M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1070618 bytes)
Series
Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete 73
Edition
1
Pages
150\158
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
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Description

The theory of quadratic forms and the intimately related theory of symmetric bilinear forms have a long and rich history, highlighted by the work of Legendre, Gauss, Minkowski, and Hasse. (Compare [Dickson] and [Bourbaki, 24, p. 185].) Our exposition will concentrate on the relatively recent developments which begin with and are inspired by Witt's 1937 paper ''Theorie der quadratischen Formen in beliebigen Korpern.'' We will be particularly interested in the work of A. Pfister and M. Knebusch. However, some older material will be described, particularly in ChapterII. The presentation is based on lectures by Milnor at the Institute for Advanced Study, and at Haverford College under the Phillips Lecture Program, during the Fall of 1970, as well as lectures at Princeton University in 1966

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