We present criteria for a pair of maps to constitute a quaternion-symbol equivalence (or a Hilbert-symbol equivalence if we deal with global function fields) expressed in terms of vanishing of the Clifford invariant. In principle, we prove that a local condition of a quaternion-symbol equivalence can be transcribed from the Brauer group to the Brauer-Wall group.
Abstract. Let F be a formally real field. Denote by G(F) and the Grothen-dieck group of quadratic forms over F and its torsion subgroup, respectively. In this paper we study the structure of the factor group . This reduced Grothendieck group is a free Abelian group. The main results of the paper describe some sets of generators for , which in many cases allow us to find a basis for the group. Throughout the paper we use the language of the reduced theory of quadratic forms. In the final part...
The starting point of this note is the observation that the local condition used in the notion of a Hilbert-symbol equivalence and a quaternion-symbol equivalence — once it is expressed in terms of the Witt invariant — admits a natural generalisation. In this paper we show that for global function fields as well as the formally real function fields over a real closed field all the resulting equivalences coincide.
In this paper we present a method of obtaining new examples of spaces of orderings by considering quotient structures of the space of orderings - it is, in general, nontrivial to determine whether, for a subgroup the derived quotient structure is a space of orderings, and we provide some insights into this problem. In particular, we show that if a quotient structure arising from a subgroup of index 2 is a space of orderings, then it necessarily is a profinite one.
We investigate quotient structures and quotient spaces of a space of orderings arising from subgroups of index two. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for a quotient structure to be a quotient space that, among other things, depend on the stability index of the given space. The case of the space of orderings of the field ℚ(x) is particularly interesting, since then the theory developed simplifies significantly. A part of the theory firstly developed for quotients of index 2 generalizes...