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On totally decomposable algebras with involution in characteristic two

Rings and Algebras 2015-03-17 v1

Abstract

A necessary and sufficient condition for a central simple algebra with involution over a field of characteristic two to be decomposable as a tensor product of quaternion algebras with involution, in terms of its Frobenius subalgebras, is given. It is also proved that a bilinear Pfister form, recently introduced by A. Dolphin, can classify totally decomposable central simple algebras of orthogonal type.

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@article{arxiv.1503.04418,
  title  = {On totally decomposable algebras with involution in characteristic two},
  author = {M. G. Mahmoudi and A. -H. Nokhodkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.04418},
  year   = {2015}
}
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