Compositions of Quadratic Forms / / Daniel B. Shapiro.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Expositions in Mathematics Backlist eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Shapiro, Daniel B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics , 33
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; Chapter 0 Historical Background --; Part I Classical Compositions and Quadratic Forms --; Chapter 1 Spaces of Similarities --; Chapter 2 Amicable Similarities --; Chapter 3 Clifford Algebras --; Chapter 4 C-Modules and the Decomposition Theorem --; Chapter 5 Small (s, t)-Families --; Chapter 6 Involutions --; Chapter 7 Unsplittable (σ, τ)-Modules --; Chapter 8 The Space of All Compositions --; Chapter 9 The Pfister Factor Conjecture --; Chapter 10 Central Simple Algebras and an Expansion Theorem --; Chapter 11 Hasse Principles --; Part II Compositions of Size [r, s, n] --; Chapter 12 [r, s, n]-Formulas and Topology --; Chapter 13 Integer Composition Formulas --; Chapter 14 Compositions over General Fields --; Chapter 15 Hopf Constructions and Hidden Formulas --; Chapter 16 Related Topics --; References --; List of Symbols --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110824834; 9783110494969; 9783110238570; 9783110238471; 9783110637205; 9783110306569
• ISSN: 0938-6572
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110824834
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Daniel B. Shapiro.