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We want to bound the symbol length of classes in ${_{2^{m-1}}Br}(F)$ which are represented by tensor products of 5 or 6 cyclic algebras of degree $2^m$. The main ingredients are the chain lemma for quadratic forms, a form of a generalized…

In this paper, we prove that for a given biquaternion algebra over a field of characteristic two, one can move from one symbol presentation to another by at most three steps, such that in each step at least one entry remains unchanged. If…

Let $F$ be a field of characteristic not $2$ with finitely many square classes. Using combinatorial arguments applied to objects related to vector spaces over finite fields, we deduce an upper bound for the number of Pfister forms over $F$.…

In this paper we associate an invariant to a biquaternion algebra $B$ over a field $K$ with a subfield $F$ such that $K/F$ is a quadratic separable extension and $\operatorname{char}(F)=2$. We show that this invariant is trivial exactly…

We study the common splitting fields of symbol algebras of degree $p^m$ over fields $F$ of $\operatorname{char}(F)=p$. We first show that if any finite number of such algebras share a degree $p^m$ simple purely inseparable splitting field,…

The symbol length of ${_pBr}(k(\!(\alpha_1)\!)\dots(\!(\alpha_n)\!))$ for an algebraically closed field $k$ of $\operatorname{char}(k) \neq p$ is known to be $\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor$. We prove that the symbol length for the case of…

Given a field $F$, a positive integer $m$ and an integer $n\geq 2$, we prove that the symbol length of classes in Milnor's $K$-groups $K_n F/2^m K_n F$ that are equivalent to single symbols under the embedding into $K_n F/2^{m+1} K_n F$ is…

We present a set of generators for the symplectic group which is different from the well-known set of transvections, from which the chain equivalence for quadratic forms in characteristic 2 is an immediate result. Based on the chain…

We investigate two types of boundedness criteria for bilinear Fourier multiplier operators with symbols with bounded partial derivatives of all (or sufficiently many) orders. Theorems of the first type explicitly prescribe only a certain…

The paper presents a classification of quadratic extension algebras, also known as algebras of degree 2, as well as several characterizations of quaternion algebras over a field (of characteristic not 2). The presentation is not restricted…

We study systems of quadratic forms over fields and their isotropy over 2-extensions. We apply this to obtain particular splitting fields for quaternion algebras defined over a finite field extension. As a consequence, we obtain that every…

In this paper we determine sufficient conditions for a quaternion algebra to split over a quadratic field. In the last section of the paper, we find a class of division symbol algebras of degree $n$ (where $n$ is a positive integer, $n\geq…

Let $S$ be a set of $n\times n$ matrices over a field $\mathbb{F}$. We show that the $\mathbb{F}$-linear span of the words in $S$ of length at most $$2n\log_2n+4n$$ is the full $\mathbb{F}$-algebra generated by $S$. This improves on the…

We show that the bilinear complexity of multiplication in a non-split quaternion algebra over a field of characteristic distinct from 2 is 8. This question is motivated by the problem of characterising algebras of almost minimal rank…

This note contains two new observations on the linkage properties of quaternion algebras over fields of characteristic 2: first, that a 3-linked field need not be 4-linked (a case which was left open in previous papers) and that three…

Let $\mathcal A$ be an $\mathbb F$-algebra and let $\mathcal S$ be its generating set. The length of $\mathcal S$ is the smallest number $k$ such that $\mathcal A$ equals the $\mathbb F$-linear span of all products of length at most $k$ of…

Linear algebra is usually defined over a field such as the reals or complex numbers. It is possible to extend this to skew fields such as the quaternions. However, to the authors' knowledge there is no commonly accepted notation of linear…

We study the subfields of quaternion algebras that are quadratic extensions of their center in characteristic 2. We provide examples of the following: two non-isomorphic quaternion algebras that share all their quadratic subfields, two…

We bound the symbol length of elements in the Brauer group of a field $K$ containing a $C_m$ field (for example any field containing an algebraically closed field or a finite field), and solve the local exponent-index problem for a $C_m$…

If $\A$ is an algebra over a field $\F$ and $\s$ is a generating set of $\A$, the length of $\s$ indicates the maximal length needed to express an arbitrary element of $\A$ as a linear combination of words in the elements of $\s$. The…