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A Note on Quadratic forms Over Arbitrary Semi-Local Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

K. I. Mandelberg
K. I. Mandelberg*
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Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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Let R be a commutative ring. A bilinear space (E, B) over R is â finitely generated projective R-module E together with a symmetric bilinear mapping B:E X E →R which is nondegenerate (i.e. the natural mapping E → HomR(E﹜ R) induced by B is an isomorphism). A quadratic space (E, B, ) is a bilinear space (E, B) together with a quadratic mapping ϕ:E →R such that B(x, y) = ϕ (x + y) — ϕ (x) — ϕ (y) and ϕ (rx) = r2ϕ (x) for all x, y in E and r in R. If 2 is a unit in R, then ϕ (x) = ½. B﹛x,x) and the two types of spaces are in obvious 1 — 1 correspondence.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , 01 June 1975 , pp. 513 - 527
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

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