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On a theorem by Serre

Author(s): Arne Ledet
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 (2000), 27-29.
MSC (1991): Primary 12G05
Posted: June 30, 1999
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Abstract: We present a short proof of a theorem by Serre on the trace form of a finite separable field extension.


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J.-P. Serre, Cohomologie Galoisienne, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 5, Springer-Verlag, 1973. MR 53:8030

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T. A. Springer, On the Equivalence of Quadratic Forms, Proc. Neder. Acad. Sci. 62 (1959), 241-253. MR 21:7184


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Arne Ledet
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
Email: ledet@mast.queensu.ca

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05101-1
PII: S 0002-9939(99)05101-1
Received by editor(s): March 7, 1998
Posted: June 30, 1999
Additional Notes: This work was supported by a Queen's University Advisory Research Committee Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Communicated by: Ronald M. Solomon
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society


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