On the Pfister Number of Quadratic Forms

Details On the Pfister Number of Quadratic Forms On the Pfister Number of Quadratic Forms

2008-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/0808.3840v1

Mathematics

Rings and Algebras

13 pages

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The generic quadratic form of even dimension n with trivial discriminant over an arbitrary field of characteristic different from 2 containing a square root of -1 can be written in the Witt ring as a sum of 2-fold Pfister forms using n-2 terms and not less. The number of 2-fold Pfister forms needed to express a quadratic form of dimension 6 with trivial discriminant is determined in various cases.

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