Albrecht Pfister

Quadratic Forms with Applications to Algebraic Geometry and Topology

Herausgeber: Cassels, J. W. S.; Hitchin, N. J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A gem of a book bringing together 30 years worth of results that are certain to interest anyone whose research touches on quadratic forms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9780521467551
• ISBN-10: 0521467551
• Artikelnr.: 22419022

Inhaltsangabe

1. The representation theory of Cassels
2. Multiplicative quadratic forms
3. The level of fields, rings and topological spaces
4. Hilbert's homogeneous nullstellensatz
5. Tsen-Lang theory
6. Hilbert's 17th problem
7. The Pythagoras number
8. The u-invariant
9. Systems of quadratic forms
10. The level of projective spaces.