Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin

The orthogonal $u$-invariant of a quaternion algebra

Abstract

In quadratic form theory over fields, a much studied field invariant is the $u$-invariant, defined as the supremum of the dimensions of anisotropic quadratic forms over the field. We investigate the corresponding notions of $u$-invariant for hermitian and for skew-hermitian forms over a division algebra with involution, with a special focus on skew-hermitian forms over a quaternion algebra with canonical involution. Under certain conditions on the center of the quaternion algebra, we obtain sharp bounds for this invariant.

Article information

Source
Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin, Volume 17, Number 1 (2010), 181-192.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 March 2010

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bbms/1267798507

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.36045/bbms/1267798507

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2656680

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1206.11042

Citation

Becher, Karim Johannes; Mahmoudi, Mohammad G. The orthogonal $u$-invariant of a quaternion algebra. Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin 17 (2010), no. 1, 181--192. doi:10.36045/bbms/1267798507. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bbms/1267798507