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On the axiomatic foundations of the theory of Hermitian forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

C. T. C. Wall
C. T. C. Wall
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University of Liverpool
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In recent work on some topological problems (7), I was forced to adopt a complicated definition of ‘Hermitian form’ which differed from any in the literature. A recent paper by Tits(5) on quadratic forms over division rings contains a new and simple definition of these. A major objective of this paper is to formulate both these definitions in somewhat more general terms, and to show that they are equivalent.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , March 1970 , pp. 243 - 250
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1970

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