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On the non-neutral component of outer forms of the orthogonal group

Algebraic Geometry 2020-07-06 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

Let (A,σ)(A,\sigma) be a central simple algebra with an orthogonal involution. It is well-known that O(A,σ)O(A,\sigma) contains elements of reduced norm 1-1 if and only if the Brauer class of AA is trivial. We generalize this statement to Azumaya algebras with orthogonal involution over semilocal rings, and show that the "if" part fails if one allows the base ring to be arbitrary.

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@article{arxiv.1909.01384,
  title  = {On the non-neutral component of outer forms of the orthogonal group},
  author = {Uriya A. First},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.01384},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Changes from previous version: Added Example 7. 5 pages. Comments are welcome