Quadratic Forms and Their Applications: Proceedings of the Conference on Quadratic Forms and Their Applications, July 5-9, 1999, University College Dublin - Brossura

Conference On Quadratic Forms And Their Applications (1999 : University College Dublin); Bayer-Fluckiger, Eva; Lewis, David; Ranicki, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 0821827790 ISBN 13: 9780821827796

Casa editrice: Amer Mathematical Society, 2000

Riassunto

These proceedings from the July 1999 conference in Dublin comprise 18 papers by mathematicians from North America and Europe. Topics include: Galois cohomology of the classical groups, symplectic lattices, universal quadratic forms, the Conway-Schneeberger Fifteen Theorem, trace forms and the Burnside ring, equivalent Brauer groups, Isotropy of quadratic forms and field invariants, quadratic forms with absolutely maximal splitting, 2-regularity and reversibility of quadratic mappings, knot theory, Ernst Witt, generic splitting towers and generic splitting preparations of quadratic forms, local densities of hermitian forms, Hilbert's theorem on ternary quartics, the history of algebraic theory of quadratic forms, local fundamental classes derived from higher K-groups, and normal surface singularities. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Amer Mathematical Society
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0821827790
• ISBN 13: 9780821827796
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 311
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile