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A counterexample to a conjecture on flat bilinear forms

Author(s): Marcos Dajczer; Luis A. Florit
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 3703-3704.
MSC (2000): Primary 53B25
Posted: July 22, 2004
MathSciNet review: 2084094
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Abstract: We provide a counterexample to a conjecture on the dimension of the nullity of a flat symmetric bilinear form.


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Additional Information:

Marcos Dajczer
Affiliation: IMPA, Estrada Dona Castorina, 110, 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Email: marcos@impa.br

Luis A. Florit
Affiliation: IMPA, Estrada Dona Castorina, 110, 22460-320, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Email: luis@impa.br

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07636-1
PII: S 0002-9939(04)07636-1
Keywords: Symmetric flat bilinear form, nullity
Received by editor(s): July 1, 2001
Posted: July 22, 2004
Communicated by: Wolfgang Ziller
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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