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, USAJürgen Hurrelbrink
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USAJorge Morales
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USARobert Perlis
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USAPaul van Wamelen
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
p. iii Contentsp. 1 Prefacep. 2 The logopp. 3–5 List of talkspp. 7–9 List of participantspp. 11–48 Witt groups of projective line bundlesJón Kr. Arason
pp. 49–63 Some algebraic aspects of quadratic forms over fields of characteristic twoRicardo Baeza
pp. 65–84 On the number of square classes of a field of finite levelKarim Johannes Becher
pp. 85–120 2-torsion of the Brauer group of an elliptic curve: Generators and relationsV. ChernousovV. Guletskiĭ
pp. 121–139 Metric spaces in pure and applied mathematicsA. DressK.T. HuberV. Moulton
pp. 141–163 Isotropy and factorization in reduced Witt ringsRobert W. Fitzgerald
pp. 165–181 The Zassenhaus decomposition for the orthogonal group: properties and applicationsAlexander Hahn
pp. 183–200 Dimensions of anisotropic indefinite quadratic forms. IDetlev W. Hoffmann
pp. 201–218 Quadratic quaternion forms, involutions and trialityMax-Albert KnusOliver Villa
pp. 219–240 Certain linear combinations of two Pfister forms and the isotropy problemAhmed Laghribi
pp. 241–251 A weak Hasse principle for central simple algebras with an involutionDavid W. LewisClaus ScheidererThomas Unger