Andrew.Dolphin@uni-konstanz.de
Submission: 2010, Oct. 8, revised: 2011, Jun 24
In this paper we study the conditions under which an involution becomes metabolic over a quadratic field extension. We characterise those involutions that become metabolic over a given separable quadratic extension. We further give an example of an anisotropic orthogonal involution that becomes isotropic over a separable quadratic extension.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 11E81; Secondary 11E39, 12F10
Keywords and Phrases: Central simple algebras; involutions; bilinear and hermitian forms; characteristic two; inseparable extensions.
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