Witt kernels and Brauer kernels for quartic extensions in characteristic two
Commutative Algebra
2014-03-13 v1 Rings and Algebras
Abstract
Let be a field of characteristic and let be a field extension of degree . We determine the kernel of the restriction map between the Witt groups of nondegenerate quadratic forms over and over , completing earlier partial results by Ahmad, Baeza, Mammone and Moresi. We also deduct the corresponding result for the Witt kernel of the restriction map between the Witt rings of nondegenerate symmetric bilinear forms over and over from earlier results by the first author. As application, we describe the -torsion part of the Brauer kernel for such extensions.
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@article{arxiv.1403.3064,
title = {Witt kernels and Brauer kernels for quartic extensions in characteristic two},
author = {Detlev W. Hoffmann and Marco Sobiech},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3064},
year = {2014}
}