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Quadratic and Hermitian Forms over Rings
Max-Albert Knus
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paperback. Series: Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften. Num Pages: 535 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBH; PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 813.
From its birth (in Babylon?) till 1936 the theory of quadratic forms dealt almost exclusively with forms over the real field, the complex field or the ring of integers. Only as late as 1937 were the foundations of a theory over an arbitrary field laid. This was in a famous paper by Ernst Witt. Still too early, apparently, because it took another 25 years for the ideas of Witt to be pursued, notably by Albrecht Pfister, and expanded into a full branch of algebra. Around 1960 the development of algebraic topology and algebraic K-theory led to the study of quadratic ... Read more
From its birth (in Babylon?) till 1936 the theory of quadratic forms dealt almost exclusively with forms over the real field, the complex field or the ring of integers. Only as late as 1937 were the foundations of a theory over an arbitrary field laid. This was in a famous paper by Ernst Witt. Still too early, apparently, because it took another 25 years for the ideas of Witt to be pursued, notably by Albrecht Pfister, and expanded into a full branch of algebra. Around 1960 the development of algebraic topology and algebraic K-theory led to the study of quadratic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Germany
Number of pages
535
Condition
New
Series
Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften
Number of Pages
524
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642754036
SKU
V9783642754036
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