Jacobson’s theorem for bilinear forms in characteristic 2

Laghribi, Ahmed

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-09-09861-X

Jacobson’s theorem for bilinear forms in characteristic 2
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Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to extend to bilinear forms in characteristic $2$ a result of Jacobson which states that over any field, two Albert quadratic forms are similar if and only if they have the same Clifford invariant.

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