Rotations and linkage of $2$-fold Pfister forms
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Abstract:
We show that a pair of $2$-fold Pfister forms admit rotations with the same irreducible, separable characteristic polynomial if and only if they are linked.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1983 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 89 (1983), 19-23
- MSC: Primary 11E04; Secondary 15A63
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1983-0706502-2
- MathSciNet review: 706502