Pfister algebras with involution

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University of Kashan

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This article provides a review of bilinear forms on fields and involution algebras on central simple algebras. It discusses important conjectures in this context, the efforts made to prove them, and the remaining open problems in the opposite characteristic. Finally, attempts to generalize these conjectures to characteristic two and the differences in results obtained in this characteristic compared to others are reviewed.

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Volume 3, Issue 3
September 2018
Pages 67-78
  • Receive Date: 15 October 2017
  • Revise Date: 16 September 2018
  • Accept Date: 17 September 2018
  • Publish Date: 22 November 2018