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On “horizontal” invariants attached to quadratic forms

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Algebra and Number Theory

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We introduce series of invariants related to the dimension for quadratic forms over a field, study relationships between them and prove a few results about them.

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  1. Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, 175-179 rue du Chevaleret, 75013, Paris, France

    Bruno Kahn

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Hyderabad P.O. Central University, Hyderabad, 500 046, India

    Rajat Tandon

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Kahn, B. (2005). On “horizontal” invariants attached to quadratic forms. In: Tandon, R. (eds) Algebra and Number Theory. Hindustan Book Agency, Gurgaon. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-93-86279-23-1_3

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