BooksdmsCollected Volume

Proceedings of the Conference on Quadratic Forms and Related Topics

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, 26–30 March 2001

Editors

J. William Hoffman
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Jürgen Hurrelbrink
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Jorge Morales
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Robert Perlis
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Paul van Wamelen
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

Proceedings of the Conference on Quadratic Forms and Related Topics cover

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Contents
p. 1
Preface
p. 2
The logo
pp. 3–5
List of talks
pp. 7–9
List of participants
pp. 11–48
Witt groups of projective line bundles
Jón Kr. Arason
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/1
pp. 49–63
Some algebraic aspects of quadratic forms over fields of characteristic two
Ricardo Baeza
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/2
pp. 65–84
On the number of square classes of a field of finite level
Karim Johannes Becher
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/3
pp. 85–120
2-torsion of the Brauer group of an elliptic curve: Generators and relations
V. ChernousovV. Guletskiĭ
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/4
pp. 121–139
Metric spaces in pure and applied mathematics
A. DressK.T. HuberV. Moulton
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/5
pp. 141–163
Isotropy and factorization in reduced Witt rings
Robert W. Fitzgerald
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/6
pp. 165–181
The Zassenhaus decomposition for the orthogonal group: properties and applications
Alexander Hahn
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/7
pp. 183–200
Dimensions of anisotropic indefinite quadratic forms. I
Detlev W. Hoffmann
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/8
pp. 201–218
Quadratic quaternion forms, involutions and triality
Max-Albert KnusOliver Villa
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/9
pp. 219–240
Certain linear combinations of two Pfister forms and the isotropy problem
Ahmed Laghribi
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/10
pp. 241–251
A weak Hasse principle for central simple algebras with an involution
David W. LewisClaus ScheidererThomas Unger
DOI 10.4171/DMS/2/11